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More on Maria Melendez
Maria Melendez, contributing editor for Latino Poetry Review and acquiring editor for Momotombo Press, taught creative writing and American literature at Utah State University and Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, IN. Her work in community outreach and education includes five years as a poet-teacher in K-12 classrooms with California Poets in the Schools, and three years as writer-in-residence at the UC Davis Arboretum, where she taught environmental writing workshops for the public. Previous editorial work includes serving as founding editor of Swan Scythe Press, and editing two anthologies of poetry by poet-teachers and K-12 students for California Poets in the Schools.
Her poetry collection How Long She'll Last in This World (University of Arizona Press, 2006), received Honorable Mention at the 2007 International Latino Book Awards and was named a finalist for the 2007 PEN Center USA Literary Awards. Flexible Bones, her next collection of poetry, is forthcoming from the University of Arizona Press in 2010. Her essays and features appear in Altar, Orion Afield, and Isotope, and several of her essays on arts and activism have been broadcast as part of NPR's American Democracy Project. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in such magazines as Barrow Street, International Quarterly, and Ecological Restoration. She is currently relocating from Logan, Utah to Pueblo, Colorado, and looks forward to her new role, beginning in 2010, as Editor/Publisher for Pilgrimage Magazine.
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