Nonlinear, with Hot Plate – my personal essay about becoming a writer via getting fired, self-publishing chapbooks, class issues, peripatetic whims, & Diane di Prima is up today at Periodicities.
Nonlinear, with Hot Plate
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Melissa Eleftherion is a writer, a librarian, and a visual artist. She is the author of field guide to autobiography (The Operating System, 2018), & nine chapbooks, including the forthcoming trauma suture (above/ground press, 2020). Born & raised in Brooklyn, Melissa now lives in Mendocino County where she manages the Ukiah Library, teaches creative writing, & curates the LOBA Reading Series. Recent work is available at www.apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com. View all posts by mellielib
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Toponomy.
Thank you for posting this, Melissa.
It was so interesting to hear about a portion of your journey, and as I read the first few sentences regarding the zigs and zags, I thought of the word above, “topography” which I read for the first time this morning, meaning the naming of places on a map, generally by the person who makes the map.
I hadn’t known that word before, so if I had a list of words new to me, this could be on it.
Best to you, Melissa.
Leslie
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