MeLPomENe RaY

(she/they) is a transgender woman born somewhere South of the Mason-Dixie -- though getting her to tell you where might just prove an exercise in patience. Ever since leaving home and shooting-up Vitamin E, some might say the hormones've gotten to her head. Long walks in the dead of night. A strange fascination with Brad Pitt. As far as Mel's concerned, that's what she signed up for.

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While pursuing her BA at Columbia College Chicago, Mel studied poetry, prose, and script writing. She has been published twice in Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose and currently runs the literary magazine, Fruitbatz, with Aiden Fijal and Danne Wendel. She is interested in surreal narratives of resistance, found family, and sexy little queers in ladder-lace boots.