Melinda Palacio's Biography
Member Info
Santa Barbara
May 2011
Palacio is a 2007 PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fellow. Her poetry chapbook, Folsom Lockdown, is the Sense of Place winner, Kulupi Press, 2009. She has been widely anthologized, including New Poets of the American West and Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Southern Contemporary Fiction. Ocotillo Dreams is her first novel, Arizona State University Bilingual Press, 2011. She recently completed a full-length poetry manuscript, How Fire Is a Story, Waiting.
Influences
I have too many to list.
Upcoming Works
How Fire Is a Story, Waiting, 2012. I am working on a second novel, new poems, new articles.
Agents
I do not have an agent. My poetry chapbook, Folsom Lockdown was published through a contest by Kulupi Press. I published my first novel, Ocotillo Dreams, out soon, through a University Press.
Recommended Links
Publishers
Arizona State University, Bilingual Press
Kulupi Press
About Melinda
Palacio is a 2007 PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fellow. Her poetry chapbook, Folsom Lockdown, is the Sense of Place winner, Kulupi Press, 2009. She has been widely anthologized, including New Poets of the American West and Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology...
Causes Melinda Palacio Supports
I have many causes I admire.