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Melissa Fite Johnson

@mfitejohnson.bsky.social

516 followers 580 following 314 posts

poet and high school English teacher living with her husband and dogs in Kansas melissafitejohnson.com

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Oh man, my favorite comment is “Graywolf I love you but this is giving off hip midwest brewery vibes not Claudia Rankine wrote a masterpiece vibes” because the logo of a brewery in the hip midwest town I live in is this:

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

My @marchxness.bsky.social Sadness Championship ring arrived today and I promised to take pictures! I love it so much, it fits perfectly, and I am so happy and honored to have been part of something so rad.

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

People have noted the high @marchxness.bsky.social vote count, and I don’t know how to explain all of it. My husband and friends are all incredibly supportive. Mostly, though, I think my biggest strategy was just being a high school English teacher for the past 20 years:

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

You know, I guess I can imagine:

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

My husband, this spooky ghost captain, and I all encourage you to vote for my Celine @marchxness.bsky.social essay!

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Final Four @marchxness.bsky.social voting is open now through Friday, March 27, at noon Eastern/9 a.m. Pacific! Please consider voting to send Celine and me (and my dog Jazzy, pictured here) to the championship game!

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I believe that’s what we’re working with. Here they are, in their place of honor by our wedding cake topper and the decorative plates one of my students made us as a gift

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Most people use an old photo for their @marchxness.bsky.social essay, but I wanted my husband and me outside our local theater. Here are some I could have used—two from the year my dad died, and two with my dad. (The boy in the prom photo was a nice friend and not the boyfriend in the essay!)

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Oh man. I hope Guy Diamond doesn't have a rough time of it. If it helps, here is my littlest dog. She had all her teeth pulled last summer and it has not slowed her down in eating or in cuteness.

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Look, soon Round 3 of @marchxness.bsky.social will start, and I don’t know if these photos of my husband and me will help or harm my chances for my heart to go on, but I’m gonna make like old Rose and drop these gems in the ocean

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The focus during my @marchxness.bsky.social matchup with @jvbennett.bsky.social was Celine vs REM, but I was more struck that we both wrote about losing our dads. I loved his essay and so read his Fadness “Tarzan Boy“ essay and discovered we also both love pro wrestling (and Jungle Boy Jack Perry)!

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

@allisonwrites.bsky.social and I have become friends through @marchxness.bsky.social. I love her essay and I love her! Also, I have a surprise for her—a while back, I realized we were in an anthology together before we ever met! Look at our names on this TOC page foreshadowing our friendship!

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Very excited to be part of a pop culture panel with Gary Jackson, @toddkaneko.bsky.social, @leahumansky.bsky.social, and Maria Zoccola. And as always, honored to be signing books and reading with my beloved @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social!

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

So grateful to @asteralesjournal.bsky.social--for publishing a poem of mine and pairing it with beautiful visual art by @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social, for sending a handmade thank-you card with a collage depicting a line from my poem, and for making the people they publish feel special ❤️

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Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Tomorrow night, local friends! @chancedibben.bsky.social and I are so excited to host @tracibrimhall.bsky.social at the next Volta!

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