Melissa Oliveira’s writing is published or forthcoming in AGNI, Ploughshares Solos, The Normal School, Calyx, RHINO Poetry, and others. Her work has garnered a Best American Essays Notable, a Best of the Net nomination and an honorable mention from Glimmer Train Stories. Her book reviews have appeared in Hippocampus, The Kenyon Review Online, PANK Online, and more. She currently lives in Berlin, where she is at work on a novel-in-stories about the divided city. Find her online at melissa-oliveira.com.