About Mellisa (she/her)

I obtained my M.A. in Writing from Johns Hopkins University, where I received the National Society of Collegiate Scholars Graduate Award. My creative nonfiction has appeared in The Common Online, Humans and Nature Press Digital, The Loch Raven Review, and other publications. For my novel-in-progress, I received a Writing Fellowship from A Reason to Write. I co-write The Sonnet Sisters on Substack with the dithyrambler. 

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I obtained my M.Phil. in Medieval Studies from Trinity College Dublin. An article adapted from my thesis, which was a comparative study of Early Irish and Japanese nature poetry, appeared in Studia Celtica Fennica. 

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Recently published: 'Purgatory Lingering' (poem)

Dandelion Scribes (2026)

Read 'Purgatory Lingering'

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Recently published: 'Room to Rent' (creative nonfiction)

Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature (2026)

Read 'Room to Rent'​

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Go to my Writing page