Melissa Stein
Melissa Stein is an American poet. She holds an MA in creative writing from the University of California at Davis, and is a freelance editor and writer in San Francisco.
Her poetry collection Rough Honey won the 2010 APR/Honickman First Book Prize, selected by Mark Doty, and was published by American Poetry Review in association with Copper Canyon Press.[1] Her work has appeared in New England Review, Best New Poets, Southern Review, Harvard Review, and many other journals and anthologies.
Stein's work often concerns her highly original take on nature, or family history. Her stylish use of words is frequently in the service of creating moments of concentrated emotion or recollection.
Selected Works
Poetry
- ’’Rough Honey’’ (American Poetry Review and Copper Canyon Press, 2010)
References
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