PATRICE MELNICK
P.O. Box 210
Grand Coteau, LA 70541
w: (337) 662-1032
c: (337) 254-9695
trecie2@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
1987 -- 1990
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing
1980 -- 1985
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Arts in English
Summer of 1982
The University of Dijon, France
One semester of French language instruction.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
August, 2006 -- Present
University of New Orleans
Adjunct Professor of English
Creative Nonfiction Graduate Workshop
October, 2005 -- Present
Casa Azul Gifts, Grand Coteau
Store Proprietor
October, 2007 – Present
Frederick L’Ecole Des Arts
Community Art Classes
Program Director
August 1992 -- August, 2006
Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
Associate Professor of English
September, 1990 -- April, 1993
WWOZ Radio, Public Relations Volunteer
New Orleans, LA
October 1990 - July, 1992
Pelican Publishing Company
Sales Representative
Gretna, LA
August, 1989 - May, 1990
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Graduate Research and Administrative Assistant
Graduate Assistantship
August, 1987 - May, 1990
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Instructor and Writing Center Tutor
Graduate Assistantship
Fall, 1987 - 1989
Editor and co-editor of Permafrost Literary Journal
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
July, 1985 - April, 1987
United States Peace Corps
High School English Teacher (English as a Foreign Language)
The Central African Republic
FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN: French and Sango
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Writer’s Body. Catalyst Press. Forthcoming, Fall, 2009.
Turning Up the Volume. Xavier Press. 2005.
Essays:
AChicken Lady,@ New Orleans Hope and Heritage Anthology. Summer, 2008..
“My Movie,” 52%. The Womyn's Centre, Ottawa, Ontario. Spring, 2002.
“Intimacy,” ACORN. Spring, 2002.
“Mormons and Dogs,” Red Brick Review. Spring, 2002.
“Blood, Milk and Millet,” The Unsavvy Traveler. Fall, 2001.
“Giving out Change,” Journal of College Writing. Fall, 2001.
“Rearranging the Furniture,” Prism International, Spring, 2001.
“Boa Constrictor,” The Xavier Review, Spring, 2000.
"An Essay that Wanders Like Water," Grain. Summer, 1997.
"A White Night in Africa," Prism International. Spring 1995.
"Munju," The Naked Anthropologist: Tales from Around the World. (Wadsworth Press) 1992.
"Broken Dishes," 1991 Quarterly. Winter/Spring 1991.
Poems:
“HIV Survey,” HEArt (Human Equity Through Art), Spring, 2002.
“Confessions of a Carnivore,” The Beat of the Forum: 1971--2001 New Orleans Poetry Forum Calendar.
"Fainting," The Bridge: A Journal of Fiction and Poetry. Spring, 1998.
"A Woman Tries on Shoes,” From the Bend in the River: Anthology of New 
Orleans Poetry, Spring, 1998.
"Ndoli Sees the President," Buffalo Bones, December, 1996.
"A Cat Mourns," Immortelles: Poems About Life and Death by New Southern Writers, January, 1995.
"Awa Speaks," Xavier Review, Fall 1993.
"Sabine the Cook Warns Me," Painted Hills Review, April, 1991.
Fellowships, scholarships, prizes, honors:
Residence Grant from The Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. Residency for May 20 --August 1, 2005.
Residence Grant from The Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. Residency for May 15 -- July, 2003.
“Writing for My Life,” 1st place, The Writers Workshop 8th Annual Memoirs Contest. April 8, 2002.
“Intimacy,” 2nd place, The El Dorado Writers= Guild Sixth Annual Writing Contest. March 18, 2002.
“Rearranging the Furniture,” 3rd place, Rosalie Fleming Memorial Essay Prize (Judged by Mary Eastham), January, 2001.
“Rearranging the Furniture,” runner-up for Maclean Hunter Award for Literary Non-fiction. December, 2000.
“Rearranging the Furniture,” Honorable Mention for New Millenium Awards, November, 2000.
“Rearranging the Furniture,” Finalist in Faulkner Society Essay Contest, Summer, 2000.
“Ndoli Sees the President,” Honorable mention in Buffalo Bones poetry contest, 1996.
Public Readings:
May 13, 2007. AWriting Memoir,@ and AWriting AIDS,@ panels at ASaints and
Sinners,@ conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
April 20, 2007. Read essays at Thensted Center, Senior Citizen program.
Grand Coteau, Louisiana.
March 22, 2007. Featured Essayist. Casa Azul Gifts.
April 7, 2005. 17 Poets! Literary reading of nonfiction.
Gold Mine Saloon. New Orleans, Louisiana.
October 17, 2002. Workshop on the craft of writing the personal essay.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Deep South Festival of Writers.
October 17, 2002. Public Reading of Creative Nonfiction.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Deep South Festival of Writers.
October 11, 2002. Chris’ PoBoys, Lafayette, LA. Reading of Creative Nonfiction. Sponsored by ULL Creative Writing Department.
March 14, 2002. Reading of Creative Nonfiction. Chris’ PoBoys, Lafayette, LA. Reading of Creative Nonfiction. Sponsored by ULL Creative Writing Department.
March 9, 2002. “Food as Poetry, Poetry as Food,” Panel reading, Associated Writing Programs Conference.
March 7, 2002. “Spring Poetry Fling,” Zeitgeist Theater. Read Creative
Nonfiction. New Orleans, Louisiana.
March 6, 2002. AHBCUs Professors and Students.@ Associated Writing
Programs. New Orleans, Louisiana.
February 21, 2002. Reading of Creative Nonfiction. Sponsored by University of New Orleans Women’s Center.
