melanie writes

Melanie Cole writes raw stories, personal essays, and investigative pieces addressing social issues including mental illness, race, police violence, social stigma, and medical malpractice.

Melanie has been published in The Economist, Grit City Magazine, The Mighty, the Tacoma News Tribune, and Black Coffee Poetry, among others.

She has published two poetry chapbooks— Ocean Songs and Selkies, which debuted in 2025.

Melanie also runs an online literary journal, The Faoileánach Journal, with the first issue due out in June of 2025.