Mickey Greaves

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Brooklyn, NY

New York US

Email:

pmtgreaves@yahoo.com

Twitter/X:

@xyzmickey

Author's Bio

Mickey Greaves writes CNF. She learned from poets (Joel Lewis, the Jersey poet and a state laureate nominee, for one), Sylvie Bertrand at The Writers Studio, Lucia Berlin, Anne Lamott, Mary Karr and Vivian Gornick. Folks who braid stories, like Eula Biss and Jo Ann Beard are favorites.

Her work appears in “The Hong Kong Review, “Gramercy Review,” "Passengers Journal," “Cagibi,” "Please See Me," and "Poydras Review."

She has served for several years on the masthead at two journals, working as a prose reader and sometime editor.

Mickey founded her writers group, The Scrawl, in May 2021. Interested writers should reach out to her here or IG @mickeygreaves

Publications & Prizes

Journals:

Cagibi

Gramercy Review

Passengers Journal

Please See Me

Poydras Review

Prizes won:

2nd place in the 2024 Brooklyn Nonfiction Prize for "Monsterville," awarded on 06.29.25. 14 finalists were chosen from a potential field of 1,000 submissions.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Loren Eisley, Gunter Grass, Malcolm Gladwell, some NYT reporters, and The Atlantic writers.

What I'm reading now:

Liar by Rob Roberge

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

English, Portuguese

Born in:

Boston, MA

Massachusetts

Raised in:

New York City, NY

New York

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Last update: Jun 30, 2025