Aline Mello
Aline Mello is a writer and editor originally from Brazil. She is an Undocupoet fellow and a graduate student at The Ohio State University’s MFA in Creative Writing program. Her debut poetry collection, More Salt than Diamond, was published by Andrews McMeel in March 2022.
- Close Encounters
The author and Kurt with Flyana Boss members Folayan Omi Kunerede (left) and Bobbi LaNea Taylor. Photo courtesy of Aline Mello. In my last year at the university, I finally started taking advantage of its discount ticket program. When I saw seats for a musical, I thought, Perfect, and got
VOLUME 3: ISSUE 1
SUMMER 2024
I worked on Presença (Portuguese for presence) during the summer of 2022, using photos I took on my iPhone during self-funded trips to Washington, DC to advocate for immigrants’ rights. I didn’t see much of an impact from these visits, and I was starting to wonder what had even been
- Personal Essay
All images from Presença: We Are Here, a series of embroidered 16 x 20-inch photographs. Aline Mello, 2022. IT’S SUMMER BREAK after the first year of my MFA at Ohio State. I am living with my stepfather and mother in their house about thirty minutes outside Atlanta. I am thirty-three,
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FALL 2022
- Poetry
Family Keepsake My grandmother wanted to die but in the online form, I say no, no family member has died by or attempted suicide because having children, no matter the goal, is still giving life. Because that’s what blood is. The psychiatrist asked if she’d tried to kill herself before.
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JULY/AUGUST 2022