Melissa Faliveno’s writing has appeared in Bitch magazine, the Millions, Prairie Schooner, Midwestern Gothic, and received a notable selection in The Best American Essays 2016. However, she stopped by the Jam Bunker to talk about her first book, Tomboyland, which is an absolute tour de force that examines identity, gender, class, and identity through a series of personal essays.
So, join Brad and Melissa as they talk about life in their small towns, their shared love of sports, accidentally turning into townies, and their undying love of alt weeklies and ‘zines.
About Melissa Faliveno
Melissa Faliveno is a writer, editor, and teacher in Brooklyn, New York. The former senior editor of Poets & Writers Magazine, she has also had essays and interviews appear in Bitch magazine, the Millions, Prairie Schooner, Isthmus, DIAGRAM, Midwestern Gothic, and Green Mountains Review, among others, and received a notable selection in The Best American Essays 2016.
Born and raised in small-town Wisconsin, she currently teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Tomboyland is her first book
