Melanie McCabe

Thanks so much, Katherine!

Thrilled to announce my fourth book of poems, All The Signs Were There, is the winner of the Longleaf Press Book Contest and will be published in early 2026! Thank you to judge Roger Weingarten and the staff at Longleaf!

A Valentine's Day Lesson As a child, I had a humiliating experience on 14 February. Now that I’m a teacher, my students celebrate the day with love

This piece was also picked up by Reader's Digest-- in case the WaPo has a paywall.

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Perspective | Valentine’s Day was humiliating for me as a child. I tell my students about it every year. “In sixth grade,” I begin, “I fell madly in love. His name was David."

The one and only time my writing went viral. Happy to repost this piece from 2020-- and to lift up kindness and love over cruelty and hate.

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This is starting to make the Saturday night massacre look like a garden party. The people with real responsibility, the AG & the acting AG are lined up with the WH, not the courageous prosecutors standing up for ethics and integrity.

Kennedy's confirmation will breed more harm than good, public health experts say Many experts fear that Kennedy will appoint vaccine skeptics to key roles in federal agencies and hinder infectious disease research.

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