writer, editor, teacher, rock/roller | author of TOMBOYLAND and HEMLOCK, out now from Little, Brown | asst. prof at UNC | she/they www.melissafaliveno.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlfaliveno.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlfaliveno.bsky.social/post/3mnhtujiu2s2mTonight! This is going to be super fun! https://writer.org/event/fuller-faliveno/04 Jun 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:5fqorgfichsymths63r5leyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhtujiu2s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlfaliveno.bsky.social/post/3miezbpd2cs2qHAIL QUEEN CELINE. It’s an honor to have fallen to these champs! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:5fqorgfichsymths63r5leyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3miezbpd2cs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlfaliveno.bsky.social/post/3mieqwlitjc26It's here! Super stoked for this anthology and to have an essay in it—the first I ever wrote for @marchxness.bsky.social, on the Creatures’ Exterminating Angel, Virginia Woolf, misogyny, and learning to trust myself as a musician. I love this tournament and community, and so glad to be part of it! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:5fqorgfichsymths63r5leyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mieqwlitjc26https://bsky.app/profile/mlfaliveno.bsky.social/post/3mic4fcbxk22iThis final feels pretty inevitable to me, especially as an Xennial. Both essays are so good, and so sad, and this is a true 90s heartbreaker of a matchup. My Heart Will Go On is iconic, but Brick devastated an entire generation, and still makes me cry every time. I've gotta go Brick for the win. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Mar 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:5fqorgfichsymths63r5leyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mic4fcbxk22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mlfaliveno.bsky.social/post/3mhtzc4ffbs2rIf you find yourself mourning Round Here’s @marchxness.bsky.social loss today and need a little more Counting Crows content (plus a good dose of Third Eye Blind, and driving around Midwestern back roads, and plenty of sadness), here’s a little something else! https://kenyonreview.org/piece/driving-around-central-ohio-in-my-dads-07-chevy-listening-to-the-cds-of-my-youth-or-put-the-past-away-or-august-and-everything-after/25 Mar 2026 02:13 +0000at://did:plc:5fqorgfichsymths63r5leyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtzc4ffbs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlfaliveno.bsky.social/post/3mhtyfo45k22rMore delightful cover action! Ani but make it flute is a genius move. Also I feel like we might actually be able to field an Xness marching band? [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:5fqorgfichsymths63r5leyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtyfo45k22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlfaliveno.bsky.social/post/3mhtxx4c6dc2rWell this is rad and sad and weird and artful and a little creepy and it’s definitely swaying my vote. The Xness cover game is really bringing it this year and I love it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:5fqorgfichsymths63r5leyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtxx4c6dc2r