Melissa Batchelor Warnke

Melissa Batchelor Warnke is a journalist and critic living in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Nation, Town & Country, San Francisco Magazine, Pacific Standard, U.S. News & World Report, VICE, The Daily Beast, The Verge, The Rumpus, Refinery29, InStyle, Girlboss, The Lily, and The Hairpin (RIP). She is a contributing opinion writer for the Los Angeles Times.

Features & Reviews

Melissa Batchelor Warnke

Oct 11, 2018

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #149: Susan Orlean

“I believe a writer should know a lot more than what she puts on the page.”
Features & Reviews

Melissa Batchelor Warnke

Aug 20, 2018

Building the Muscle: A Conversation with Kristi Coulter

Kristi Coulter discusses her debut essay collection, NOTHING GOOD CAN COME FROM THIS.
Music

Melissa Batchelor Warnke

Jul 10, 2017

The Summer of Lana Del Rey

Three summers ago, I did nothing but drive around Middlebury, Vermont, blasting Lana Del Rey and chain-smoking cigarettes. It was—and I will be dramatic, because that is how it felt—an act of survival. That summer I was in an academic…

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Melissa Batchelor Warnke

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #149: Susan Orlean

Building the Muscle: A Conversation with Kristi Coulter

The Summer of Lana Del Rey