author : Melissa BroderMelissa Broder is theauthor of three poetrycollections, most recentlyScarecrone. She is also theauthor of the essay collection So Sad Today. Herpoems have appeared inPoetry, the Iowa Review,Tin House, Guernica, Fence, the Missouri Review, and the Awl among others. Broder holds a BA from TuftsUniversity and an MFA from City College of New York.She lives in Venice, California.