Melissa Oliveira’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Agni, Pleiades, Calyx, New Ohio Review and other publications. Her previous work has garnered a Best American Essays Notable listing, a Best of the Net nomination, and an honorable mention from Glimmer Train Stories. Her reviews have appeared in Hippocampus Magazine, The Kenyon Review Online, Brevity, The Rumpus, and more. Melissa currently lives in Berlin, Germany, where she is working on a novel-in-stories about the divided city.