Faliveno, Melissa: - Melissa Faliveno is a writer, editor, and teacher.
Learn more at www.melissafaliveno.com..
Tomboyland is her first book.
Born and raised in small-town Wisconsin, she currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College.
The former senior editor of Poets & Writers Magazine , she has also had Essays and interviews appear in BitchMedia\'s magazine, the Millions , Prairie Schooner , Isthmus , DIAGRAM , and Midwestern Gothic , among others, and received a notable selection in The Best American Essays 2016 .
Faliveno, Melissa: - Melissa Faliveno is a writer, editor, and teacher