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June Melby

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Born

The United States

Website

http://www.junemelby.com

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Genre

Memoir, Poetry, Fiction

Member Since

June 2014

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June Melby is the author of "My Family and Other Hazards" (Henry Holt, 2014). She has an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from the University of Iowa. Her work has appeared in The Utne Reader, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Water~Stone Review, Versal, the LA Weekly, National Lampoon Magazine, and Kaffee.Satz.Lesen, Hamburg, Germany, among others. Awards include Writing Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts|; and International Artist Award and residency from the City of Hamburg Kulturbehorde (Cultural Affairs Department).

As a performance poet, she has appeared in NYC at Bar 13, CBGB's, The Knitting Factory, and the Nuyorican; festivals including Bumbershoot, Seattle Poetry Festival, and the Las Vegas Arts Festival. Museums include UCL ...more

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Average rating: 3.71 · 300 ratings · 69 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Family and Other Hazards: A Memoir 3.70 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saltine Crackers Keep Me Alive 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tub Toys it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chicken Dilemma it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I'm from the Midwest; if I ever start believing in something weird, I'll have the good sense to keep it a secret.”
― June Melby, My Family and Other Hazards: A Memoir

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