Melissa Fite Johnson

Melissa Fite Johnson is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Midlife Abecedarian (Riot in Your Throat, 2024). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Ploughshares, Pleiades, The Southern Review, and elsewhere, and has received a special mention for the Pushcart Prize. Melissa, a high school English teacher, is a poetry editor for The Weight Journal (for high school students) and Porcupine Literary (by and for teachers). She and her husband live with their dogs in Lawrence, KS.

Footnotes to My Dialogue Journal with My Teacher, Third Grade, Spiral Notebook 

Footnotes to My Dialogue Journal with My Teacher, Third Grade, Spiral Notebook  1. Spiral notebook plastered with animal stickers. Bunny wearing a beret, balancing a palette. Kitten cuddling a giant candy heart. Dog standing upright in a yellow slicker. 2. In the first entry, I wrote about my baby sister who died right after she was born, which is what… Read more →