Lynn Melnick

Lynn Melnick is a poet, memoirist, and editor who has published three poetry collections with YesYes Books. Her most recent poetry book, I Deserve This, Thank You, is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press. Her memoir about trauma, persistence, and Dolly Parton was published by the University of Texas Press in 2022. She teaches poetry at Columbia University and Princeton University and lives in Brooklyn.