Dawn at Long Reach #1 by William Betcher

Melanie Drane

Melanie Drane has lived in Bonn, Vienna, London, and Tokyo. Returning to the US, she served as writer-in-residence at Interlochen Center for the Arts. In 2006, she became the first non-British poet to win the UK National Poetry Competition. Melanie received a 2007-08 Literary Fellowship from the NC Arts Council. Her work has appeared in journals including The Iowa Review, Indiana Review, The North American Review, Atlanta Review, Nimrod, Poetry Review (UK), and Witness.