Melissa Crowe

Poet

Author's Bio

Melissa Crowe is the author of Dear Terror, Dear Splendor (University of Wisconsin Press, 2019) and Lo (University of Iowa Press, 2023), winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize. She chairs the Department of Creative Writing at UNCW, where she teaches poetry and publishing.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Dear Terror, Dear Splendor (University of Wisconsin Press, 2019)
Prizes won: 

Iowa Poetry Prize, 2023
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award, 2021

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Presque Isle, ME
Maine
Raised in: 
Presque Isle, ME
Maine
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Last update: Jan 10, 2026