Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Oh man I’m pretty sure I could still draw you that map from memory. Also, fun fact: my parents and I used to take the inventory of the 6 & Ten. We were also in Amway with the owners.

Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social · Jul 21

Honestly the essay I’ve been waiting to write for nearly thirty years

March Sadness 90s Edition @marchxness.bsky.social · Jul 21

With the 21st pick, @mlfaliveno.bsky.social selects Counting Crows' "Round Here": www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAe3...

Counting Crows - Round Here (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by CountingCrowsVEVO

www.youtube.com

4 11

Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social · Jul 21

I honestly love that song more but I feel like it’s such a jam that it outweighs the sad

2

Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social · Jul 21

Get ready for so much teenage sadness and yearning and driving past cornfields and crying!

March Sadness 90s Edition @marchxness.bsky.social · Jul 20

Pulling some more numbers.
16. Chris Daley
17. @htownjenny.bsky.social
18. @susannadonato.bsky.social
19. @chrislkeller.com
20. Gabriel Palacios
21. @mlfaliveno.bsky.social
22. @jendireiter.bsky.social
23. Jamison Crabtree
24. @allisonwrites.bsky.social

2 15

Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social · Jul 21

Oh hey Chris! This is awesome, and I can’t wait for all the sad MH vibes! (The question isn’t if there will be driving past cornfields while crying, but how much.)

1

Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social · Jul 12

Ahh thank you! Miss you!

1

Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social · Jul 12

Oh, sweet! It was done by Keith Hayes at Little Brown and I’m obsessed with it!

Reposted by Melissa Faliveno

Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · Jul 11

Wowwee @hubcitypress.bsky.social is OPEN this weekend for single-narrative nonfiction! This is my time, my favorite stuff! Can be personal, reportage, memoir, cultural criticism, history, or a blend of the above. Ends at midnight on Sunday. Drop any questions below.

hubcity.submittable.com/submit

Hub City Press & Writers Project Submission Manager

Hub City Press, the publishing arm of the Hub City Writers Project, publishes books of literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. We are seeking new and extra...

hubcity.submittable.com

1 17 18

Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social · Jul 11

Preorder link! bookshop.org/p/books/heml...

Hemlock

Check out Hemlock - A woman haunted by a dark inheritance returns to the woods where her mother vanished, in this queer Gothic novel--a butch Black Swan. Sam, finally sober and stab...

bookshop.org

1 2

Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social · Jul 11

✨Cover reveal!✨ Super excited to share the creepy cover of my dreams for my debut novel, HEMLOCK, coming 1/20/26 from @littlebrown.bsky.social & now available for preorder! You can find it at all major retailers and, better yet, your local indie bookstore or @bookshop.org. See you in the woods! 🦌🌲👻

5 10 52

Reposted by Melissa Faliveno

RN Mahli @rafiamahli.com · Jun 25

Just completed the second day of Kenyon Review’s Summer Online Creative Non Fiction workshop with the wonderful @mlfaliveno.bsky.social and had the express pleasure of hearing her read this piece. Magic.

Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social · May 27

"Bets is falling apart. I guess maybe I am too. But somehow, for now, we both hold on."

Here is a piece from our latest issue by @mlfaliveno.bsky.social we keep revisiting. Read it at the link in our bio.

kenyonreview.org/piece/drivin...

From Melissa Faliveno from our latest issue.

2 2 4

Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thanks, Rafia! Such a pleasure working with you!

1 2

Reposted by Melissa Faliveno

Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social · May 27

"Bets is falling apart. I guess maybe I am too. But somehow, for now, we both hold on."

Here is a piece from our latest issue by @mlfaliveno.bsky.social we keep revisiting. Read it at the link in our bio.

kenyonreview.org/piece/drivin...

3 8

Reposted by Melissa Faliveno

Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social · Apr 17

It's finally here! Our Winter 2025 issue the winning entry of the 2024 Kenyon Review Nonfiction Contest judged by @melissafebos.bsky.social, the Far Corners folio, poetry by @victoriachang.bsky.social, nonfiction by @mlfaliveno.bsky.social, and so much more!

kenyonreview.org/journal/wint...

1 8 26

Reposted by Melissa Faliveno

Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Mar 6

I am accepting submissions for my emerging writer series at gay.submittable.com. You should have three publications or fewer and no book contract. Yes, this is a paid opportunity. Guidelines at the link. Plz follow the guidelines.

Roxane Gay Books & The Audacity Submission Manager

THE AUDACITY, my newsletter, features an emerging writer twice a month. I define emerging writer as someone with fewer than three article/essay/short story publications and no published books or book ...

gay.submittable.com

21 590 1.5K

Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social · Feb 28

So incredibly stoked that this is happening, and that the very first @marchxness.bsky.social essay I wrote (about the Creatures & Virginia Woolf & menstrual blood & nu-metal, among other things) will be in it alongside so many faves! Coming March 2026!

Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · Feb 28

This is the longest we've kept a secret project secret: SLP is proud to be the home for HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY, collated by the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee (@angermonsoon.bsky.social + @meganc.bsky.social) and forthcoming on 3/31/26!

WELCOME MARCH XNESS! This image is of the corny, old-style Publishers Marketplace announcement that "HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: The March Xness Anthology" by Ander Monson and Megan Campbell, cofounders of March Xness, will be published by Split/Lip Press in March 2026. A collection of essays spanning 8 tournaments from 40 contributors, the anthology includes writers Matt Bell, Danielle Evans, Elisa Gabbert, Raquel Gutierrez, and Elena Passarello, among others.

5 16