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Melissa Stephenson

Melissa Stephensonâ€™s writing has appeared in various publications, including the Washington Post, Waxwing, Ms. Magazine, and ZZYZYVA. Her memoir, Driven, was released by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2018. It was longlisted for the Chautauqua Book Prize and won the Indiana Emerging Author Award. Though born and raised in Indiana, she now lives in Missoula, Montana with her two kids.

Rumpus Original, Voices on Addiction

Melissa Stephenson

Jan 21, 2022

Voices on Addiction: Motherless in Albertsons

I am sick with grief, triggered by my mother’s death, in turn triggered by Chardonnay.
Features & Reviews, Rumpus Original, What to Read When

Melissa Stephenson

Aug 31, 2018

What to Read When You’re Broke Down in Hell

A list of Melissa Stephenson’s down-and-out favorites for when you have a case of the grays.
Poetry, Rumpus Original

Melissa Stephenson

Dec 30, 2016

Letter to Jim

Many days I couldn’t see the way forward, but I kept going, the way you had. It was you, after all, who taught me how to stay.

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Melissa Stephenson

Voices on Addiction: Motherless in Albertsons

What to Read When You’re Broke Down in Hell

Letter to Jim