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Melman completed his Ph.D. in Creative Writing at the University of Louisiana,
Lafayette, in May 2001. He was born in Huntington, New York in 1971, then
moved with his family to Lafayette in 1984. After receiving a B.A. in History
from Tufts University in 1993, he left Boston for Podebrady, Czech Republic,
where he taught English and Humanities for two years at Charles University.
He then moved to Manhattan, working as restaurant critic and editorial assistant
at the Zagat Restaurant Survey. He returned to Lafayette in 1996, and received
his Ph.D. in Creative Writing in 2001. He has published in numerous literary
journals, including the Evansville Review, ByLine, Mississippi
Review, Connecticut Review, Puerto Del Sol, Atlanta
Review, Jeopardy Magazine, and Louisiana Literature, as
well as several issues of the Southwestern Review. His scholarly
work has appeared in Shakespeare Yearbook and English Language
Notes. His first novel, Landsman, will appear in June 2007
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When
I first entered the Creative Writing Program at the University of Louisiana,
Lafayette, my stories were mechanically disastrous. At the time, I only
knew that I enjoyed writing them. I could never have known writing itself
would become my life's focus. And, in large part, I attribute this appreciation,
this consumption, to my tenure at ULL's Creative Writing Program. The
instruction has been forthright and encouraging, the community less tooth-and-nail
competitive than fostering. There's absolutely no question my writing
and publishing success is
greatly indebted to the Creative Writing Program here.
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