Melanie McCabe
@melaniemccabe.bsky.social
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.
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...
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
Issue 133 — RogueAgent
Welcome to Rogue Agent, a journal for poetry and art that inhabits the body.
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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!
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...
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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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.
MS NOW@ms.now · last yr.DEVELOPING: At least three other senior members of the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section just resigned following a meeting with the acting deputy AG over the Eric Adams case, sources tell NBC News.
