Melissa Broder

Melissa Broder
2017
Residence Los Angeles
Alma mater Tufts University (BA), City College of New York (MFA)
Occupation Poet, essayist
Notable work So Sad Today, The Pisces,Last Sext
Home town Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Awards Pushcart Prize
Website melissabroder.com

Melissa Broder is a poet and writer. Her work includes the novel The Pisces (Penguin Random House 2018),[1] the poetry collection Last Sext (Tin House 2016)[2] and essay collection So Sad Today (Grand Central 2016),[3] as well as a popular Twitter feed also titled So Sad Today, on which the book is based.[4]

Early life

Broder grew up in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.[5] She attended the Baldwin School and became interested in poetry early, writing her first collection in third grade.[3]

Broder developed an anxiety disorder at age 12.[6]

She then attended Tufts University where she studied English and edited the literary magazine Queen's Head and Artichoke. After graduating, she moved to San Francisco, then to New York where she worked as a publicist for Penguin Books and attended night classes at City College of New York, earning an MFA in poetry.[3]

Broder has been clean and sober since age 25.[6]

Career

Poetry

Broder has published four collections of poetry.[7] In 2017, Broder won a Pushcart Prize for her poem "Forgotten Sound",[8] included in her collection Last Sext.

Twitter

Broder began her So Sad Today Twitter account, initially anonymously, in 2012.[6] She revealed herself as the account's author in an Rolling Stone interview in May 2015.[9]

As of February 2018, the So Sad Today Twitter account had more than 600,000 followers.[10]

So Sad Today

In 2016, Broder published a collection of personal essays, So Sad Today, based on her Twitter account.[11] The collection includes some essays initially published at Vice under her So Sad Today pen name.[3]

The Pisces

In 2018, Broder published the novel The Pisces,[1] which garnered praise from The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vogue, and The Washington Post.

Other projects

Broder is adapting The Pisces for Lionsgate Films.[1] Broder writes the So Sad Today column for Vice Media, the horoscopes for Lena Dunham's newsletter Lenny Letter and the Beauty and Death column for Elle. She has a television pilot in development.[3]

Personal life

Broder is married and lives in Los Angeles.[5]

Bibliography

Poetry

Essay collection

  • So Sad Today (Grand Central, 2016)[20]

Novel

  • Pisces (Penguin Random House, May 2018)[21]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Syme, Rachel (26 April 2018). "In 'The Pisces,' a Woman and a Merman Fall in Love. Aquatic Erotica Ensues". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: Last Sext by Melissa Broder". Publishers Weekly. April 18, 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Joiner, Whitney (14 March 2016). "Why Is Melissa Broder So Sad Today?". Elle (April 2016). Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Lovitt, Bryn (March 15, 2016). "So Sad Today Author Melissa Broder on Twitter Anonymity and Internet Addiction". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  5. 1 2 Bromwich, Kathryn (8 May 2016). "So Sad Today's Melissa Broder: 'I just want to rip that chapter out'". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 Mlotek, Haley (24 March 2016). "The Hidden Vulnerabilities of @SoSadToday". The New Yorker. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Volpe, Allie (March 14, 2016). "Melissa Broder happy to bring 'So Sad Today' back home". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  8. ↑ Henderson, Bill; Pushcart Press (2017-01-01). Pushcart prize XLI, 2017: best of the small presses. ISSN 0149-7863. OCLC 961956305.
  9. ↑ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (May 19, 2015). "SoSadToday Reveals Her Identity and Existential Beach Read". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "@SoSadToday Twitter Account Followers Page". Twitter. February 26, 2018.
  11. ↑ Coakley, Alexandra (2016-05-04). "The Ocean of Sadness". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  12. ↑ Moysaenko, Peter (March 19, 2010). "Melissa Broder, When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  13. ↑ Zingg, Matthew (2012-04-14). "I Have a Jaw That Seeks Chunks". The Rumpus. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  14. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: Meat Heart by Melissa Broder". Publishers Weekly. March 1, 2012. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  15. ↑ Moysaenko, Peter (July 27, 2012). "Melissa's Meat Heart". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  16. ↑ Diamond, Jason (2014-02-25). "Melissa Broder Is Twitter's Most Fascinating Poet". Flavorwire. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  17. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: Scarecrone by Melissa Broder". Publishers Weekly. February 24, 2014. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  18. ↑ Derby, Edward (2017-04-21). "The Teenage Girl in All of Us: Last Sext by Melissa Broder". The Rumpus. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  19. ↑ Delaney, Kellylouise (June 13, 2016). "What Is Melissa Broder's Last Sext?: Talking Poetry, God, and LA with the Darkly Brilliant Writer". Brooklyn Magazine. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  20. ↑ Havrilesky, Heather (March 15, 2016). "Ask Polly and So Sad Today Talk About Feelings". The Cut. New York Magazine. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  21. ↑ The Pisces by Melissa Broder | PenguinRandomHouse.com.
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