Melissa Studdard is author of the poetry collection I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast and the novel Six Weeks to Yehidah. Her poetry, fiction, essays, reviews and articles have appeared in a wide range of publications, including Poets & Writers, Tupelo Quarterly, Psychology Today, Pleiades, and the Academy of American Poets' Poem-A-Day. In addition to writing, she is the host of VIDA Voices & Views, an editor for American Microreviews and Interviews, and a professor for Lone Star College System.