about


Melanie
Power


 


Melanie Power is the author of
Full Moon of Afraid and Craving
(McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2022),
a collection of poems that centres on
place, girlhood and memory.

 

Her work has appeared widely in literary journals, and has been shortlisted in various competitions such as the CBC Poetry Prize; the Montreal International Poetry Prize; The Malahat Review and Room Poetry Contests; Arc Magazine’s Poem of the Year; and elsewhere.

From Newfoundland, she now lives in
Montreal/Tiohtià:ke.

 

She is currently pursuing
an interdisciplinary PhD, focusing on oral history,
creative writing, and literature.