Aline Mello
Aline Mello is a writer and editor from Brazil. She was an UndocuPoet fellow in the MFA program at Ohio State University. Her debut poetry collection is More Salt than Diamond (Andrews McMeel, 2022).
- Poetry
Family Keepsake My grandmother wanted to die but in the online form, I say no, no family member has died by or attempted suicide because having children, no matter the goal, is still giving life. Because that’s what blood is. The psychiatrist asked if she’d tried to kill herself before.
VOLUME 1: ISSUE 3
JULY/AUGUST 2022
- Personal Essay
All images from Presença: We Are Here, a series of embroidered 16 x 20-inch photographs. Aline Mello, 2022. IT’S SUMMER BREAK after the first year of my MFA at Ohio State. I am living with my stepfather and mother in their house about thirty minutes outside Atlanta. I am thirty-three,
VOLUME 1: ISSUE 4
FALL 2022