Lynn Mel­nick is the author of three poet­ry col­lec­tions, includ­ing, most recent­ly, Refusenik. Her poet­ry has appeared in The New York­er, The Paris Review, and Poet­ry, and has received grants from the Hadas­sah-Bran­deis Insti­tute and the New York Pub­lic Library’s Cull­man Cen­ter for Schol­ars and Writ­ers. Born in Indi­anapo­lis, she grew up in Los Ange­les and cur­rent­ly lives in Brooklyn.