Publications

Presently, Melida’s writings on the immigrant experience serve as global, educational resources for organizations such as Save Ellis Island.org. Nation wide, her poems and memoirs serve as a teaching tool on numerous platforms.

Publishing Companies:

Oxford University Press - “American Working-Class Literature”

Edited by Nicholas Coles & Janet Zandy

Pearson Press - Literature and Work (The Essential Literature Series)

Edited by Thomas M. Kitts

The Feminist Press - “What We Hold in Common :

An Introduction to Working-Class Studies” Edited by Janet Sandy

Other Publications by:

The Sun Magazine - June 2022 - “El Olor de Cansancio,” Prose / Poetry
Save Ellis Island.org - Melida’s Memoir as a Teaching Tool

“Art as a Spiritual Experience”

Transformations: “The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship & Pedagogy”
Scholarly Publishing Collective
Duke University Press
Penn State University Press
Project Muse
Feminist Periodicals.Org
JSTOR.org

Books:

“Elefante - The Ethics of Captivity” Volume 1 - Poetry, Prose, Intaglio Prints

“Elefante - The Ethics of Captivity” Volume 2 - Prose & Mixed Media

Anthologies:

“Paths NJCU” - Elefante - Poetry and Intaglio Prints

“The Re - Collective Anthology” - Poetry & Prose - Editor

“From Seven Voice Anthology” - Poems - Co-Editor & Contributor - Online

Zine:

“Cuerpos Celestiales - Heavenly Bodies” 100 Word Poems & Photos 2020

Featured in the Smush Gallery “Zine Show”

Magazines and Newsletter Publications:

“Purnima Creations” - “Third Eye - The Poets Camera”
“Women on Campus” - “Donde Empeso El Ilo?”
“Women on Campus” - “Migration Story”
“Women on Campus - “Our Bodies”
“Gothic Times” - Featured Poet & Artist
“Instigatorzine” - Multiple Issues - Poems
Dozens of Online Publications and Features - Poetry & Prose