SELECTED Reviews, interviews, & press
NPR
Review: "Tomboyland stresses the Importance of Roots—and Knowing When to Grow up and Away"
WASHINGTON POST
Review: "Melissa Faliveno’s Essay Offer Funny, Moving explorations of Self and Society"
MARKETPLACE
WHAT IT’S LIKE PUBLISHING YOUR FIRST BOOK DURING A PANDEMIC
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
Tomboyland: A Love Letter to Midwestern strength, Complexities
The believer
Interview with Jeannie vanasco
BITCH MAGAZINE
Meat & Potatoes: In Tomboyland, Melissa Faliveno Asks Who Can Explore Queerness
MS. MAGAZINE
The MS. Q&A: What Does it Mean to be a Tomboy?
THEM
tomboyland Considers the Meaning of Home, in One’s Body and the World
ELECTRIC LITERATURE
The Bad Things We Have to Do to be Good Girls
PLOUGHSHARES
REVIEW: THIS LAND MADE YOU
The CAP TIMES
Essayist Melissa Faliveno explores the murkiness of the Midwest in Tomboyland
THE RUMPUS
A Chorus of Voices: Talking with Melissa Faliveno
OPRAH MAGAZINE
LGBTQ BOOKS That are Changing the Literary LandScape in 2020
VOGUE
7 BOOKS We Can’t Wait to Read in AUGUST
AV CLUB
5 new BOOKS to read in AUGUST
NO TOKENS
Storms & Reckonings: An Interview with Melissa Faliveno, author of TOMBOYLAND
ADROIT JOURNAL
LIMINAL SPACES OF IDENTITY: A CONVERSATION WITH MELISSA FALIVENO
YAHOO!
BEST BOOKS TO PICK UP BEFORE SUMMER ENDS
PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER
11 Book Releases to Look Out for this August
GREENPOINTERS
Q&A WITH GREENPOINT AUTHOR MELISSA FALIVENo
On Wisconsin
The Boundaries of Personhood
Debutiful Podcast
IN TOMBOYLAND, MELISSA FALIVENO TRAVERSES EVERYTHING FROM WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES TO QUEERNESS
Creative Nonfiction Podcast
TornadoEs, BDSM Potlucks? Welcome to Tomboyland with Melissa Faliveno
Write or Die Tribe
Melissa Faliveno On the Desire to Feel at Home, Practicing Vulnerability and Her Debut Essay Collection, Tomboyland