Melissa Studdard

Poet/Creative Collaborator/Tree Climber/Sunset Chaser/Beach Lover. Most Recent Book: Dear Selection Committee. She/Her.

[Melissa Studdard @MelissaStuddard]

Best pub day revelry ever? Reading an ARC of my own book marked up by my own kid--favorite lines underlined & lovely marginalia. Joy! Joy! Thanks & love to 😍 blurbers (tagged) & all who helped make DCS happen! My heartsong is spilling all over you today!

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[Excited Utterance @ExcitedUttRead]

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[Ms. Magazine @MsMagazine]

"Women are often just getting started in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and beyond, and these women have just as much to offer as young people."
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[The Bridge @PoetsBridge]

Our featured #mentors this week are @MelissaStuddard & Sarah Kersey!

Get critiqued: https://t.co/OTHHTjLYLE

[Vikki C. @VWC_Writes]

I keep returning to this stunning poem "Migration Patterns" by
Melissa Studdard (@MelissaStuddard), winner of the Lucille Medwick Memorial Award - 2020, in Poetry Society of America.❤️
https://t.co/srhqKRKhES

#poetrycommunity #poetry

[Excited Utterance @ExcitedUttRead]

1284: When You Rise from the Dead I Drive You to the After Party by Melissa Studdard ⁦@slowdownshow⁩ https://t.co/9oZNtGnN74

[Terry L. Kennedy @terrylkennedy]

Mind was a prison, ruby lined
in its lipstick noir—everything woman
I was expected to be, trapped between
papered walls . . .

from " Everyone in Me is a Bird" by Melissa Studdard
https://t.co/JY19elNZLt
#WomensHistoryMonth

[Gemini Ink @GeminiInk]

Join us for a live Zoom conversation with award-winning author Melissa Studdard on Wednesday, March 19th, 2025, at 7 PM CST. We'll be discussing her new book, "Dear Selection Committee." Secure your virtual seat by RSVPing at: https://t.co/7Kn5xWD5ut #VirtualReading #AuthorEvent

[Sheema Kalbasi شیما کلباسی @IranianWoman]

“It is impossible to overstate the necessity, vitality, power, and beauty of Sheema Kalbasi’s Spoon and Shrapnel: Verses and Wartime Recipes.”
—Melissa Studdard, poet, librettist and co-host of Poems You Need
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[BOA Editions @boaeditions]

Discover the Power of Poetry!
In the latest episode of "Poems You Need," poets Melissa Studdard and Kelli Russell Agodon explore the evocative works of Geffrey Davis.

Watch the full episode here: https://t.co/TX3OVoCY2z

#Poetry #GefferyDavis #PoemsYouNeed #LiteraryJourney

[Clifford Brooks @CliffBrooks3]

I host @NPR’s “Dante’s Old South” on @WUTC_FM: https://t.co/Vv2mypd4qz I’ve enjoyed conversations with @KelliAgodon @MelissaStuddard @rblancopoet @chenchenwrites @thenealfrancis @devonallman @lyricsborn @jasperfforde @dlseuss @Samantharhill @mupress

[Copper Canyon Press @CopperCanyonPrs]

Listen to KELLI RUSSELL AGODON's (@KelliAgodon) poem, "Hunger", on a recent episode of @slowdownshow, hosted by @Poet_Major: https://t.co/YD6aXSPVCq

[Inlandia Institute @InlandiaInst]

Thank you, Kelli Russell Agodon and Melissa Studdard for featuring Inlandia's publications coordinator Laura Villareal on @Poems You Need!

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[SWWIMmiami @SWWIMmiami]

From “My Body Doesn't Have a Clearly-Marked Exit” by Melissa Studdard (@melissastuddard)

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community

[CLMP @CLMPorg]

Read a sample issue of @MERliterary—featuring poetry by Carolina Hospital and Melissa Studdard, fiction by Deedle Rodriguez-Tomlinson and Rosaleen Bertolino, and nonfiction by Ashley Mae Hoiland and Kelly Thompson—in our digital @exacteditions showcase! https://t.co/7NXnhDQL9x

[Kelli Russell Agodon @KelliAgodon]

FYI: Poems You Need, Episode 10: Blas Falconer https://t.co/Jt12QoSHod via @YouTube

Recorded in Palm Springs with @MelissaStuddard!

[Melissa Studdard @MelissaStuddard]

@PoetryCurrency Thank you! So happy to see these poems find such a good home!

[Melissa Studdard @MelissaStuddard]

@UCRWritersWeek 😍 Thank you!

[Melissa Studdard @MelissaStuddard]

@earthandstars @litwindowpane @SplitTheLarkPo What a delight it was to read your beautiful poems! ♥️😎😻💃

[Melissa Studdard @MelissaStuddard]

@RitaMookerjee So glad. Still love you too ❤️

[Melissa Studdard @MelissaStuddard]

@RitaMookerjee Thinking of you and hoping you are okay. ♥️