American writer (born 1975)
Melissa Scholes Young (born 1975) is an American writer.
Life
Melissa Scholes Young was born in
Hannibal, Missouri . She graduated from
Monmouth College with a BA in history, from
Stetson University with an MA in education, and from
Southern Illinois University with an MFA in Creative Writing.[
citation needed ] She is an associate professor in literature at American University.
Career
Scholes Young edited two volumes of new work by women writers, Grace in Darkness (2018)
[1] and Furious Gravity (2020),
[2] which was featured on the Kojo Nnamdi Show,
[3] Washington Independent Review of Books,
[4]
[5] Medium,
[6] and at Politics & Prose Bookstore.
[7]
Scholes Young is a Contributing Editor for Fiction Writers Review
[8] and Editor of the Grace & Gravity anthology.
[9] Her writing has appeared in
American Fiction ,
[10]
The Atlantic ,
[11]
Literary Hub ,
[12]
Ms. Magazine ,
[13]
Narrative ,
Origins Literary Magazine ,
[14]
Ploughshares ,
Poet Lore ,
Poets & Writers ,
[15] The Washington Independent Review of Books ,
[16] and
The Washington Post .
[17]
Scholes Young attended the
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in 2014 and was awarded the Bread Loaf Bakeless Camargo Fellowship in 2015.
[18]
She also published her debut novel, Flood , in 2017.
[19] The novel received reviews from residents and press
[20]
[21]
[22] in Hannibal, Missouri: Scholes Young's hometown,
Mark Twain 's hometown, and the setting and inspiration of the novel.
[23] The novel also received attention from the literary community in
Washington, D.C.
[24]
[25] and brought rise to Scholes Young's creative writing career as an emerging author in the nation's capital.
[26]
Scholes Young, sharing a hometown with Mark Twain, has written fiction
[27]
[28]
[29] that reimagines Tom and Huck's famous friendship as female and scholarship
[30] concerned with the character portrayal of Becky Thatcher.
[31]
[32]
Scholes Young's second novel, The Hive ,
[33] is forthcoming in 2021 from Turner Publishing.
[34] The novel has been optioned by Sony Entertainment.
[35]
She teaches in the Department of Literature at
American University in
Washington, D.C. where she champions first-generation student issues.
[36]
[37]
References
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"grace in darkness" . Grace and Gravity . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
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"home" . Grace and Gravity . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
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"D.C.'s Literary Women Are The Force Behind "Furious Gravity" " . The Kojo Nnamdi Show . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
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"Stretching the Table | Washington Independent Review of Books" . www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
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"A Socially Distanced Debut | Washington Independent Review of Books" . www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^ Leistra, Matt (2020-05-02).
"Local Artist Scores Cover of Literature Anthology" . 730DC . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^
Furious Gravity , retrieved 2023-04-28
^
"Melissa Scholes Young" . Fiction Writers Review . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^ Scholes Young, Melissa, “Oxygen in Use,”
Abundant Grace , Paycock Press, 2016.
^
"American Fiction: Volume 15 | New Rivers Press" . 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^ Young, Melissa Scholes.
"Melissa Scholes Young" . The Atlantic . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^
"On the Extravagance of Mark Twain's Family Dishes" . Literary Hub . 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^ Spillar, Kathy (2021-02-22).
"The Ms. Must-Read: 'What Kind of America Will This Be?' " . Ms. Magazine . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^
" "The Politics of Dialect" by Melissa Scholes Young" . Origins . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
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"A Residency of One's Own: Navigating the Complicated Path to a Writers Retreat" . Poets & Writers . 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
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"Washington Independent Review of Books" . www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^
"Why teachers struggle to teach their own children" . Washington Post .
ISSN
0190-8286 . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^
"Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences" . www.middlebury.edu . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^ Flood, Center Street, Hachette Book Group, 2017,
ISBN
978-1-4789-7078-1 .
^
"Friends, Family and Floods" . Boone County Journal . 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
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"Hannibal native debuts first novel" . Hannibal.net . 19 June 2017. Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^ Szatala, Ashley (24 June 2017).
"Hannibal native publishes debut novel, draws inspiration from Twain" . Herald-Whig . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^ Ohanesian, Aline.
"Holding Difficult Truths: An Interview with Melissa Scholes Young" . Fiction Writers Review . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^
"Meet Melissa Scholes Young | Washington Independent Review of Books" . www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^
"Seeing Your Hometown Through the Fresh Eyes of Fiction" . Literary Hub . 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^ Handscombe, Claire,
"5 D.C. authors you should know (and their latest books)" , DC Refined , May 18, 2017.
^ Donnell, Kevin Mac (2017-11-07).
"Mark Twain Forum Reviews – Flood: A Novel by Melissa Scholes Young" . Center for Mark Twain Studies . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^ Lemak, Joe (2018-10-18).
"Author of Award-Winning Novel "Flood" Continues the Fall Trouble Begins Series" . Center for Mark Twain Studies . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^ jmwwblog (2017-07-19).
"Excerpt: Flood by Melissa Scholes Young" . JMWW . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^
"Mark Twain Journal" . THE MARK TWAIN JOURNAL . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^
"2019 Quarry Farm Fellows" . Center for Mark Twain Studies . 2019-01-22. Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^ Young, Melissa Scholes (2019-12-23).
"The Crane House Speaks (A Quarry Farm Testimonial)" . Center for Mark Twain Studies . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^ Featured on
Bookshop.org
^
Turner Publishing
^ Media, Dreamscape.
"Dreamscape Media Inks Exclusive Worldwide Audio Partnership with Turner Publishing Company" . www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^ Housman |, Patty (25 October 2016).
"First-Gen Welcome" . American University . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
^ "First-gen professors reach out to first-gen students,"
Education Advisory Board , May 11, 2016.
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