Melissa Broder Explained

Melissa Broder
Birth Date:29 August 1979
Education:Tufts University (BA)
City College of New York (MFA)
Notable Works:So Sad Today, The Pisces, Last Sext, Milk Fed
Awards:Pushcart Prize

Melissa Broder (born August 29, 1979) is an American author, essayist and poet. Her work includes the novels The Pisces (Penguin Random House 2018),[1] Milk Fed (Simon and Schuster 2021),[2] and Death Valley (Scribner, 2023);[3] the poetry collection Last Sext (Tin House 2016);[4] and the essay collection So Sad Today (Grand Central 2016),[5] as well as the Twitter feed also titled So Sad Today, on which the book is based.[6] Broder has written for The New York Times, Elle, Vice, Vogue Italia, and New York magazine‘s The Cut.[7]

Early life

Broder grew up in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, with her younger sister Hayley. Her father, Bob, was a tax lawyer and her mother owned a stationery store. She attended the Baldwin School and became interested in poetry early, writing her first collection in third grade.

Broder attended Tufts University, where she edited the literary magazine Queen's Head and Artichoke. She graduated in 2001 with a degree in English and then moved to San Francisco, where she worked odd jobs before relocating to New York City at 25. There she worked as a publicist for Penguin Books and attended night classes at City College of New York, earning an MFA in poetry.

Broder has been clean and sober since age 25.

Career

Poetry

Broder has published five collections of poetry,[8] including Superdoom[9] (2021). She won a Pushcart Prize for the poem "Forgotten Sound",[10] included in her collection Last Sext.

Twitter

Broder began tweeting anonymously from her So Sad Today Twitter account in 2012.[11] She began her So Sad Today column for Vice in December 2014.

She revealed herself as the account's author in a Rolling Stone interview in May 2015.[12]

As of February 2021, the So Sad Today profile had more than 1 million followers.[13]

So Sad Today

In 2016, Broder published a collection of personal essays, So Sad Today, based on her Twitter account.[14] The collection includes some essays initially published in Vice under her So Sad Today pen name.

The Pisces

In 2018 Broder published the novel The Pisces, which garnered praise from The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vogue, and The Washington Post.

Milk Fed

In 2021, Broder published Milk Fed,[15] a critically acclaimed[16] novel that Kirkus called "[b]old, dry, and delightfully dirty."[17]

Other projects

Broder is adapting The Pisces for Lionsgate Films.

She also writes the Beauty and Death column for Elle. In 2020 it was announced that a television show based on her novel Milk Fed was being developed. No news has emerged since then.[18]

Broder records a podcast titled eating alone in my car in which she openly discusses her work, daily life, obsessions, and "rants about everything from mortality to Poptarts to depression".[19] She has recorded near-weekly episodes of the podcast since May 2018.

Personal life

Broder is married and lives in Los Angeles.[20] She is a caregiver for her husband, who has a progressive neuroimmune disease that leaves him bedridden for months at a time.[21] She is bisexual.[22]

Bibliography

Poetry

Essay collection

Novels

Contributor

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Syme. Rachel. In 'The Pisces,' a Woman and a Merman Fall in Love. Aquatic Erotica Ensues.. May 14, 2018. The New York Times. April 26, 2018. May 17, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180517223159/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/books/the-pisces-melissa-broder.html/. live.
  2. News: Rosenfeld. Lucinda. February 2, 2021. A Novel of Sex, Faith and Lots of Yogurt. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-02-26. 0362-4331. February 23, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210223033751/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/books/review/milk-fed-melissa-broder.html. live.
  3. News: Watkins . Claire Vaye . 2023-10-01 . A Novel of Survival and the Sublime in the Mojave Desert . 2024-02-12 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  4. News: Fiction Book Review: Last Sext by Melissa Broder. May 14, 2017. Publishers Weekly. April 18, 2016. August 2, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160802083612/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-941040-33-1. live.
  5. News: Joiner. Whitney. Why Is Melissa Broder So Sad Today?. May 14, 2017. Elle. April 2016. March 14, 2016. May 3, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170503031510/http://www.elle.com/culture/books/a34613/melissa-broder-so-sad-today/. live.
  6. Lovitt. Bryn. So Sad Today Author Melissa Broder on Twitter Anonymity and Internet Addiction. May 14, 2017. Vanity Fair. March 15, 2016. October 24, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161024082039/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016/03/so-sad-today-twitter-melissa-broder. live.
  7. Web site: March 9, 2021. A Night of "Bad" Sex. McNallyJackson.com.
  8. News: Volpe. Allie. March 14, 2016. Melissa Broder happy to bring 'So Sad Today' back home. Philadelphia Inquirer. live. May 15, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160730040617/http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/literature/20160315_Melissa_Broder_happy_to_bring__So_Sad_Today__back_home.html. July 30, 2016.
  9. Web site: Superdoom: Selected Poems. TinHouse.com.
  10. 961956305 . Pushcart prize XLI, 2017: best of the small presses . Henderson . Bill . Pushcart Press . The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses . January 1, 2017 . 0149-7863 . English.
  11. Mlotek. Haley. The Hidden Vulnerabilities of @SoSadToday. May 14, 2017. The New Yorker. March 24, 2016. May 17, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170517140238/http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-hidden-vulnerabilities-of-sosadtoday. live.
  12. Vozick-Levinson. Simon. SoSadToday Reveals Her Identity and Existential Beach Read. May 15, 2017. Rolling Stone. May 19, 2015. May 16, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170516165926/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/sosadtoday-reveals-herself-and-her-existential-beach-read-20150519. live.
  13. Web site: So Sad Today on Twitter. live. Twitter.com. May 15, 2017. May 15, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170515022350/https://twitter.com/sosadtoday.
  14. News: The Ocean of Sadness. Coakley. Alexandra. May 4, 2016. Slate. May 15, 2017. 1091-2339. April 29, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170429212253/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2016/05/melissa_broder_s_book_so_sad_today_reviewed.html. live.
  15. Book: Milk Fed. February 2, 2021. 978-1-9821-4249-0. en. February 26, 2021. February 4, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210204044416/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Milk-Fed/Melissa-Broder/9781982142490. live. Broder . Melissa .
  16. Web site: Bolonik. Kera. January 28, 2021. Melissa Broder's 'Milk Fed' is a delicious new novel that ravishes with sex and food - The Boston Globe. live. 2021-02-26. Boston Globe. en-US. February 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210203114727/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/28/arts/melissa-broders-milk-fed-is-delicious-new-novel-that-ravishes-with-sex-food/.
  17. Book: MILK FED Kirkus Reviews. en. February 26, 2021. December 2, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201202160813/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/melissa-broder/milk-fed/. live.
  18. News: Walker. Harron. March 23, 2021. The novel 'Milk Fed' queers—and redeems—the manic pixie dream girl trope. Xtra Magazine.
  19. Web site: October 24, 2019. SOSADTODAY'S Melissa Broder performs "Eating Alone in My Car". live. litseen.com. February 26, 2021. November 27, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201127142945/http://litseen.com/event/sosadtodays-melissa-broder-performs-eating-alone-in-my-car/.
  20. News: Bromwich. Kathryn. So Sad Today's Melissa Broder: 'I just want to rip that chapter out'. May 14, 2017. The Guardian. May 8, 2016. April 17, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170417152820/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/08/so-sad-today-melissa-broder-poet-twitter-book-mental-health. live.
  21. Web site: Carl. Cori. August 31, 2018. So Sad Today. The Caregiver Space.
  22. Web site: 2021-02-16 . Melissa Broder on Hunger, Humor, and Writing a Novel by Dictation . 2023-07-10 . ELLE . en-US.
  23. News: Melissa Broder, When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother. Moysaenko. Peter. March 19, 2010. BOMB Magazine. May 15, 2017. March 21, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170321115908/http://bombmagazine.org/article/4487/melissa-broder-when-you-say-one-thing-but-mean-your-mother. live.
  24. News: I Have a Jaw That Seeks Chunks. Zingg. Matthew. April 14, 2012. The Rumpus. May 15, 2017. April 18, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170418222430/http://therumpus.net/2012/04/i-have-a-jaw-that-seeks-chunks/. live.
  25. News: Fiction Book Review: Meat Heart by Melissa Broder. March 1, 2012. Publishers Weekly. May 15, 2017. October 20, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201020152236/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9831706-6-2. live.
  26. News: Melissa's Meat Heart. Moysaenko. Peter. July 27, 2012. BOMB Magazine. May 15, 2017.
  27. News: Melissa Broder Is Twitter's Most Fascinating Poet. Diamond. Jason. February 25, 2014. Flavorwire. May 15, 2017. March 6, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306201700/http://flavorwire.com/442242/melissa-broder-is-twitters-most-fascinating-poet. live.
  28. News: Fiction Book Review: Scarecrone by Melissa Broder. February 24, 2014. Publishers Weekly. May 15, 2017. October 20, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201020152520/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9887503-7-1. live.
  29. News: The Teenage Girl in All of Us: Last Sext by Melissa Broder. Derby. Edward. April 21, 2017. The Rumpus. May 15, 2017. April 27, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170427135916/http://therumpus.net/2017/04/last-sext-by-melissa-broder/. live.
  30. News: What Is Melissa Broder's Last Sext?: Talking Poetry, God, and LA with the Darkly Brilliant Writer. Delaney. Kellylouise. June 13, 2016. Brooklyn Magazine. May 15, 2016. June 18, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160618231438/https://www.bkmag.com/2016/06/13/melissa-broder-last-sext/. live.
  31. News: Ask Polly and So Sad Today Talk About Feelings. Havrilesky. Heather. March 15, 2016. The Cut. May 15, 2017. New York. September 13, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160913191442/http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/03/melissa-broder-so-sad-today-interview.html. live.
  32. Book: The Pisces by Melissa Broder PenguinRandomHouse.com. February 26, 2018. February 27, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180227035336/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557707/the-pisces-by-melissa-broder/. live.
  33. Book: Death Valley . 2023-10-24 . 978-1-6680-2484-3 . en . Broder . Melissa .

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