Melissa Hotchkiss
Melissa Hotchkiss is a poet, editor, photographer and performer. Her first book of poems, Storm Damage, was published by Tupelo Press. Melissa’s poems and prose have appeared in numerous publications such as The American Poetry Review, Green Mountains Review, Free Inquiry, Women’s Studies Quarterly, The New York Times, Poets for Palestine (an anthology) and many others. Melissa ran the Barrow Street Reading Series for its eight years of existence (1994-2002), has been an editor of the journal Barrow Street since it was established in 1998 and is a trustee of Barrow Street.