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Melanie McCabe

@melaniemccabe.bsky.social

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Writer. Poet. Author of four books of poetry, most recently All The Signs Were There from Longleaf Press; a memoir; and in June 2026, a debut novel, Road Longer Than Memory, from Oceanview Publishing.

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Melanie McCabe @melaniemccabe.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

It has been 12 years since I last read at the Writer's Center! Returning this Saturday at 2 p.m. to read from my latest book which won the Longleaf Press Poetry Prize, joined by poet, Jennifer Keith, also out with a prize-winning book. writer.org/event/melani...

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Melanie McCabe @melaniemccabe.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

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Writer Melanie McCabe in Conversation w/ Jennifer Keith - The Writer's Center

The Writer’s Center welcomes writer Melanie McCabe for a reading of her latest collection of poems, All The Signs Were There. Melanie is in conversation with poet Jennifer Keith. FREE & open to the pu...

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Melanie McCabe @melaniemccabe.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Happy to have a poem in this issue of Rogue Agent!

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Rogue Agent Journal @rogueagent.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Salty teeth, cold briskets, and tart & sweet… RA issue 133 is here! All new poetry including @surlyacres.bsky.social @clayrebenz.bsky.social @trishhopkinsonpoet.bsky.social @melaniemccabe.bsky.social @amymiller.bsky.social with art by @rachelturney.bsky.social🌻 // rogueagentjournal.com/issue133

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Issue 133 — RogueAgent

Welcome to Rogue Agent, a journal for poetry and art that inhabits the body.

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Melanie McCabe @melaniemccabe.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Thanks so much, Katherine!

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Melanie McCabe @melaniemccabe.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Thrilled to announce my fourth book of poems, All The Signs Were There, is the winner of the Longleaf Press Book Contest and will be published in early 2026! Thank you to judge Roger Weingarten and the staff at Longleaf!

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Melanie McCabe @melaniemccabe.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

This piece was also picked up by Reader's Digest-- in case the WaPo has a paywall. www.readersdigest.in/true-stories...

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A Valentine's Day Lesson

As a child, I had a humiliating experience on 14 February. Now that I’m a teacher, my students celebrate the day with love

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Melanie McCabe @melaniemccabe.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The one and only time my writing went viral. Happy to repost this piece from 2020-- and to lift up kindness and love over cruelty and hate. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

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Perspective | Valentine’s Day was humiliating for me as a child. I tell my students about it every year.

“In sixth grade,” I begin, “I fell madly in love. His name was David."

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

This is starting to make the Saturday night massacre look like a garden party. The people with real responsibility, the AG & the acting AG are lined up with the WH, not the courageous prosecutors standing up for ethics and integrity.

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Melanie McCabe @melaniemccabe.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Kennedy's confirmation will breed more harm than good, public health experts say

Many experts fear that Kennedy will appoint vaccine skeptics to key roles in federal agencies and hinder infectious disease research.

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