MELODY NIXON

A lyric essay in response to the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shootings

A photo essay exploring Bergen's art scene.

Personal essay on individual and cultural histories, relationships, and race in America, published in Issue 14 of Cura Magazine, December 2014.

Personal essay dealing with death, tragedy, post-colonialism and identity in New Zealand. September 2014.

An essay on the self-mythologizing that's encouraged of writers in New York City. Republished August 2015.

An essay on rampant gentrification in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York. Published by The Common and The Brooklyn Eagle.

On flight MH370 and the emotional landscape of missing persons.

A personal essay on the tricky balancing act of writing at arts residencies.

An essay on the rapid changes in Berlin—based on two visits to the city ten years apart.

A feature on short fiction writer Shawn Vestal, winner of the 2014 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize.