About

Melissa Broder is the author of two poetry collections, MEAT HEART (forthcoming from Publishing Genius, 2012) and  WHEN YOU SAY ONE THING BUT MEAN YOUR MOTHER (Ampersand Books, February 2010).

Poems appear or are forthcoming in Guernica, Redivider, Court GreenThe Missouri Review online, BarrelhouseThe Awl, Drunken Boat, et al. You can read the online ones HERE.

She edits La Petite Zine and curates the Polestar Poetry Series at Cakeshop in NYC. By day, she is a publicity manager at Penguin.

Broder received her BA from Tufts University and is getting a slow, scenic MFA at CCNY.  


Meat Heart

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"The whole book pumps, and I swear some of what’s coming in and out are flashes of light that you can read it by."
–Mark Bibbins

"…a book of poems that is at once apocalyptic, full of sorrow, and packed with images crystalline in their beauty and truth… This book is full of magic."
–Dorothea Lasky

"To read Meat Heart is to consume, perish, murder, glitter, and prophesize. To say that Broder is fearless is not saying enough."
–Natalie Lyalin

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“This debut from Broder is as funny and hip as it is disturbing… a bright and unusual debut.”
–Publishers Weekly

"…obsessive, energetic and pop-culture-infused poetry…"
–Time Out New York

"Broder’s insight and honesty will make your brain light up and your hair stand on end.”
–The San Francisco Examiner

"Broder’s verse is acrobatic and whip-smart… its own creature."
–Bomb