by Melissa Gopp-Warner | Sep 27, 2023 | Publication
HuffPost Personal HuffPost Personal published a personal essay that gets at the heart of my memoir in progress. Trigger warning: the opening scene contains homophobic protest signs from my childhood family’s run-in with Westboro Baptist in Topeka, KS. Read... 
by Melissa Gopp-Warner | Feb 3, 2023 | Publication
The Half Marathoner When a section hike on the Appalachian Trail re-triggers an old injury, I’m forced to contend with not only my ego, but also my false ideas about aging, identity, and success. Read more 
by Melissa Gopp-Warner | Oct 17, 2022 | Publication
Publishers Weekly My Soapbox essay on memoirist Annie Ernaux’s Nobel Prize win appeared in the October 17, 2022 print issue of Publishers Weekly. It’s time we give more credence to writers, especially those from marginalized backgrounds, who dare to show... 
by Melissa Gopp-Warner | Sep 23, 2022 | Updates
My manuscript is in a holding pattern as I brave the query trenches—a situation akin to dating in which, rather than looking for a romantic partner, I’m seeking a literary agent to represent and sell my work. So far, I’ve pitched 20 agents and received several... 
by Melissa Gopp-Warner | Sep 22, 2022 | Publication
The Banyan Review When my partner and I bought our first house together in a manicured, suburban neighborhood, we decided to transform the land into a yard with purpose. Our sometimes humorous, other times maddening story of effecting change shows what’s possible when...