Broder, Melissa
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| Birthname | Melissa Lauren Broder | ||||
| born on | 29 August 1979 at 15:00 (= 3:00 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 40n0116, 75w1901 | ||||
| Timezone | EDT h4w (is daylight saving time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   05°50'   24°18 Asc. 17°26'
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Biography
American poet and essayist whose work includes poetry collection Last Sext (Tin House 2016) and essay collection So Sad Today (Grand Central 2016), as well as a popular Twitter feed also titled So Sad Today (more than 450,000 followers in May 2017), on which the book is based. In 2017, Broder won a Pushcart Prize for her poem "Forgotten Sound", included in Last Sext. Broder has also written horoscopes for Lena Dunham's newsletter Lenny Letter.
Events
- Work : Prize 2017 (Pushcart Prize)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes her on Twitter: "it's my birthday and i have chin acne" (posted 29 Aug 2016) [1], "my moon is in scorpio sun is in virgo" [2] ... "sag rising" [3]. Full name and age/year from www.intelius.com. Place of birth unknown but this website states "Poet and essayist Melissa Broder grew up in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia" [4]. A speculative time of 3 p.m. EDT gives this combination.
Categories
- Traits : Mind : Education extensive (MFA in poetry)
- Vocation : Writers : Magazine/ newsletter (Horoscopes)
- Vocation : Writers : Poet
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (Essayist)
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Pushcart Prize)
