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Thoughtful, creative editing that cares about the shared habitats of poetry, art, plants and creatures, real & imagined.

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Melanie Noel is a writer and editor who'd be happy to help you with your writing. Many of her projects are poetry and art-related. She's the author of The Monarchs (Stockport Flats, 2013) and a ringing, (Goodmorning Menagerie, 2020), and her poems have appeared in Lana Turner, Spiral Orb, GUEST, The Volta, and The Arcadia Project. Recent editing projects include minor chord by Joan Fiset with collages by Liz Gamberg, and Heide Hinrichs' shelf documents: art library as practice and Art on Campus. Melanie was a co-curator of the dance, music and poetry series APOSTROPHE and curated Impala, a reading series that took place in her grandmother’s car. She sometimes teaches experimental and experiential classes meant to invoke an altered sense of scale. Classes are usually taught in zoos & parks. She studied poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and performance at Listaháskóli Íslands. She thinks and dreams about antennae and giants. Click below to schedule a free discovery call.

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scritches for your throat chakra
helping you say what you mean

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a bright eye for your creativity

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a steady embodied gaze
a place to lean in