Melissa Petro

@melissapetro

Writer, teacher. PEN/Fusion Emerging Writer Prize Finalist. Former Little Miss Walton Hills. ''This is one whore with chutzpah.'' — Andrea Peyser, NY Post

New York, NY
Becomingwriters.wordpress.com
Joined April 2011
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    25 Sep 2015

    A REMINDER

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  2. 53 minutes ago

    Latest piece by on & 's difficult history:

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  3. 2 hours ago

    Engaging in difficult convos makes us better writers, & better citizens. We can't ignore realities simply for the sake of our own comfort.

  4. 2 hours ago

    If ur planning on attending my writer's retreat in Sri Lanka, expect difficult conversations about privilege, power & violence in all forms.

  5. 2 hours ago

    I'm hosting a in this December 2016

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  6. 2 hours ago

    My take on the in

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  7. 2 hours ago

    I'm honored to have a piece in the July/August issue of Pacific Standard out now!

  8. 24 hours ago

    Want to play a small part? Donate to the Family Scholarship Fund. *ALL* proceeds will go to his fam:

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  9. 21 hours ago

    **NEWS!** I'm THRILLED to say that I'm the recipient of the 2016 Graywolf NF Prize; my next bk, THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS, will be w them

    48 retweets 530 likes
  10. 23 hours ago

    The alarmingly talented is Jezebel's new features editor!! Please send her your wackest pitches at joanna at jezebel dot com

    7 retweets 98 likes
  11. 19 hours ago

    lifehack: 1.) eat fruit 2.) move your body a bit; whatever's appropriate to your abilities 3.) try to be kind 4.) put tape over your webcam

    3 retweets 28 likes
  12. Jul 6

    She is afraid of the unknown and bored with the known

    25 retweets 62 likes
  13. Jul 6

    Happy Birthday "Feet, what do I want them for if I have wings to fly?"

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  14. Jul 5

    Becoming Bride: Don't Bring Your Crying Kids To My Wedding

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  15. Jul 5

    My Harmless Brexit Joke Went Viral on Twitter. Then the White Supremacists Came After Me. - ​A cauti via

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  16. Jul 4

    Yes! Yes! Yes!

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  17. Jul 4 New Smyrna Beach, FL

    happy fourth America

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  18. Jul 3

    Write your way through the story.

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  20. Jul 3

    also still true in 2016

    Editors: it's not enough just to change your sub guidelines and make nods to diversity in random speeches. We need you to be outrageous.
    23 retweets 35 likes
  21. Jul 3 Chicago, IL

    Pretty much

    being a writer is cool because it's like always having homework & then you die
    12 retweets 54 likes

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