Melanie Beth Curran is a creative writer, musician and artist living in Brooklyn, NY.
She is working on a book called “Am I Bridget?” about the Irish Bridget stereotype’s modern appearances.
Melanie is a songwriter and musical performer. She was raised on an Island near Seattle, Washington. Her first album was called Hot Sauce in Kitsap County. Her second album was called San Benedito Beach. These, and her EPs, can be found on bandcamp. She currently plays in a band called The Jersey Sures.
Melanie sells zines and artwork here.
She is a part-time faculty member at Montclair State University where she teaches first year writing.
Melanie holds an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School University, and a BA in American Studies from The Evergreen State College.
She was a Fulbright Research Fellow to France for her Creative Non-Fiction project on Breton traditional music and dance cultures (2019-20).
Melanie was the recipient of City Artist Corps Grant, “Creatives Rebulid New York”, from The New York Foundation for the Arts in 2021.
Melanie has lectured, presented and/or taught at:
Boston University, Montclair State University, University of New Mexico, Parsons School of Design, Woodward Middle School, Jalopy Theatre and School of Music, American Folklore Society, George Marshall Center, East Vancouver Old Time Social, Madison Square Park Conservancy, The Evergreen State College, and more!
Her writing work is published in JSTOR Daily, Brooklyn Magazine, Brooklyn Rail.
Melanie’s Essay and painting collection “The Lived-in Quality of Architecture in New Orleans” published in “Writing American Cultures: Studies of Identity, Community, and Place”.
She speaks, reads, and writes in English and French.
She is is a Virgo Sun, Sagittarius Rising, with a Taurus Moon
