Melissa Faliveno
@mlfaliveno.bsky.social
writer, editor, teacher, rock/roller | author of TOMBOYLAND and HEMLOCK, out now from Little, Brown | asst. prof at UNC | she/they
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Melissa Faliveno
@mlfaliveno.bsky.social
· Mar 31
Happy Publication Day to the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee, @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social, and the long awaited, never duplicated HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY!!!
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It's here! Super stoked for this anthology and to have an essay in it—the first I ever wrote for @marchxness.bsky.social, on the Creatures’ Exterminating Angel, Virginia Woolf, misogyny, and learning to trust myself as a musician. I love this tournament and community, and so glad to be part of it!
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such an honor to receive this generous blurb from Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social, who grew up in the Upper Midwest and understands the stories in ASK ME ABOUT THE MONEY in ways unique to our sense of living in this particular region.
Preorders available for the next month.
Preorders available for the next month.
October 5, 2026 at 3:34 PM
such an honor to receive this generous blurb from Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social, who grew up in the Upper Midwest and understands the stories in ASK ME ABOUT THE MONEY in ways unique to our sense of living in this particular region.
Preorders available for the next month.
Preorders available for the next month.
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Forget Cool, but don't forget to check out Issue 1, featuring totally rad writers like @mlfaliveno.bsky.social!
forget.cool/issue-1/issu...
forget.cool/issue-1/issu...
September 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Forget Cool, but don't forget to check out Issue 1, featuring totally rad writers like @mlfaliveno.bsky.social!
forget.cool/issue-1/issu...
forget.cool/issue-1/issu...
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Arrived. Hemlock by @mlfaliveno.bsky.social
June 28, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Arrived. Hemlock by @mlfaliveno.bsky.social
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Essay collection Tomboyland by @mlfaliveno.bsky.social now on my desk.
June 5, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Essay collection Tomboyland by @mlfaliveno.bsky.social now on my desk.
Tonight! This is going to be super fun! writer.org/event/fuller...
June 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Tonight! This is going to be super fun! writer.org/event/fuller...
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TOMORROW: @marchxness.bsky.social Anthology launch event at 7pm CT! Featuring @danchaon.bsky.social, @stevenchurch.bsky.social, @mlfaliveno.bsky.social, @dellegeller.bsky.social, @toddkaneko.bsky.social, @elenavox.bsky.social, @mossyair.bsky.social + @martinseay.bsky.social!
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tinyurl.com/hitrepeat
April 6, 2026 at 1:31 PM
TOMORROW: @marchxness.bsky.social Anthology launch event at 7pm CT! Featuring @danchaon.bsky.social, @stevenchurch.bsky.social, @mlfaliveno.bsky.social, @dellegeller.bsky.social, @toddkaneko.bsky.social, @elenavox.bsky.social, @mossyair.bsky.social + @martinseay.bsky.social!
tinyurl.com/hitrepeat
tinyurl.com/hitrepeat
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Substack tourney recap coming your way this weekend but we wanted to invite you to our HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC ZOOM book launch TUES 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern. Register: tinyurl.com/hitrepeat
April 3, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Substack tourney recap coming your way this weekend but we wanted to invite you to our HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC ZOOM book launch TUES 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern. Register: tinyurl.com/hitrepeat
HAIL QUEEN CELINE. It’s an honor to have fallen to these champs!
I’m really happy and overwhelmed to have won the @marchxness.bsky.social championship. So much respect to @cicilybennion.bsky.social and her incredible, vulnerable essay. I felt connected to so many you in this tournament, both through your essays and interacting with you here. I will miss this ❤️
March 31, 2026 at 8:28 PM
HAIL QUEEN CELINE. It’s an honor to have fallen to these champs!
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I'm gonna plug the Xness anthology at my reading tonight 🫡
Happy Publication Day to the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee, @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social, and the long awaited, never duplicated HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY!!!
www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
March 31, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I'm gonna plug the Xness anthology at my reading tonight 🫡
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The @marchxness.bsky.social anthology we've all been waiting for is finally here! So thrilled to have my essay on "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" of Dirty Dancing fame included in this much-anticipated mixtape of phenomenal writing. Get yourself a copy today!!
Happy Publication Day to the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee, @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social, and the long awaited, never duplicated HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY!!!
www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
March 31, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The @marchxness.bsky.social anthology we've all been waiting for is finally here! So thrilled to have my essay on "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" of Dirty Dancing fame included in this much-anticipated mixtape of phenomenal writing. Get yourself a copy today!!
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The March Xness Anthology is here! Thank you SO MUCH to @splitlippress.com and to everyone who's contributed to the Xness anthology and the tournament as a whole ❤️🎸🥁
Happy Publication Day to the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee, @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social, and the long awaited, never duplicated HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY!!!
www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
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March 31, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The March Xness Anthology is here! Thank you SO MUCH to @splitlippress.com and to everyone who's contributed to the Xness anthology and the tournament as a whole ❤️🎸🥁
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It’s time! I am beyond honored my extracurricular essay on how grunge did NOT kill glam metal is included among such stellar work!
Happy Publication Day to the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee, @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social, and the long awaited, never duplicated HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY!!!
www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
March 31, 2026 at 2:20 PM
It’s time! I am beyond honored my extracurricular essay on how grunge did NOT kill glam metal is included among such stellar work!
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The @marchxness.bsky.social anthology is out today! I love this tournament, and I’m so glad to have one of my essays from years past got included: “The Best Christian in the World,” about Creed’s “My Own Prison” and my own fallout with Christianity, among other things. So much good writing in here!
Happy Publication Day to the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee, @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social, and the long awaited, never duplicated HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY!!!
www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
March 31, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The @marchxness.bsky.social anthology is out today! I love this tournament, and I’m so glad to have one of my essays from years past got included: “The Best Christian in the World,” about Creed’s “My Own Prison” and my own fallout with Christianity, among other things. So much good writing in here!
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OH SHIT LET'S GOOOOOO
Happy Publication Day to the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee, @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social, and the long awaited, never duplicated HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY!!!
www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
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March 31, 2026 at 1:37 PM
OH SHIT LET'S GOOOOOO
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If you love music writing, you need this anthology.
I'm beyond honored to have my (favorite) March Xness essay included: "There Are Many Atlantic Cities, and One Belongs to Levon Helm," on The Band's Springsteen cover and my (felon, dreamer, liar, dead) dad, a fellow son of New Jersey.
I'm beyond honored to have my (favorite) March Xness essay included: "There Are Many Atlantic Cities, and One Belongs to Levon Helm," on The Band's Springsteen cover and my (felon, dreamer, liar, dead) dad, a fellow son of New Jersey.
Happy Publication Day to the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee, @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social, and the long awaited, never duplicated HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY!!!
www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
March 31, 2026 at 1:35 PM
If you love music writing, you need this anthology.
I'm beyond honored to have my (favorite) March Xness essay included: "There Are Many Atlantic Cities, and One Belongs to Levon Helm," on The Band's Springsteen cover and my (felon, dreamer, liar, dead) dad, a fellow son of New Jersey.
I'm beyond honored to have my (favorite) March Xness essay included: "There Are Many Atlantic Cities, and One Belongs to Levon Helm," on The Band's Springsteen cover and my (felon, dreamer, liar, dead) dad, a fellow son of New Jersey.
It's here! Super stoked for this anthology and to have an essay in it—the first I ever wrote for @marchxness.bsky.social, on the Creatures’ Exterminating Angel, Virginia Woolf, misogyny, and learning to trust myself as a musician. I love this tournament and community, and so glad to be part of it!
Happy Publication Day to the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee, @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social, and the long awaited, never duplicated HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY!!!
www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
March 31, 2026 at 5:59 PM
It's here! Super stoked for this anthology and to have an essay in it—the first I ever wrote for @marchxness.bsky.social, on the Creatures’ Exterminating Angel, Virginia Woolf, misogyny, and learning to trust myself as a musician. I love this tournament and community, and so glad to be part of it!
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THAT'S THE BUZZER! MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION HAS CROWNED A NEW CHAMPION! FINAL SCORE:
CELINE DION, "My Heart Will Go On" and @mfitejohnson.bsky.social 784,
Ben Folds Five, "Brick" and @cicilybennion.bsky.social 474.
Congratulations to both our finalists for an outstanding game.
CELINE DION, "My Heart Will Go On" and @mfitejohnson.bsky.social 784,
Ben Folds Five, "Brick" and @cicilybennion.bsky.social 474.
Congratulations to both our finalists for an outstanding game.
March 31, 2026 at 4:02 PM
THAT'S THE BUZZER! MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION HAS CROWNED A NEW CHAMPION! FINAL SCORE:
CELINE DION, "My Heart Will Go On" and @mfitejohnson.bsky.social 784,
Ben Folds Five, "Brick" and @cicilybennion.bsky.social 474.
Congratulations to both our finalists for an outstanding game.
CELINE DION, "My Heart Will Go On" and @mfitejohnson.bsky.social 784,
Ben Folds Five, "Brick" and @cicilybennion.bsky.social 474.
Congratulations to both our finalists for an outstanding game.
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I had a blast repping Brick all month! We didn’t get the gold but I look better in silver anyway. And for my post game snack, you better believe I’m eating one of these Brick cookies. Great game, @mfitejohnson.bsky.social! 🧱
March 31, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I had a blast repping Brick all month! We didn’t get the gold but I look better in silver anyway. And for my post game snack, you better believe I’m eating one of these Brick cookies. Great game, @mfitejohnson.bsky.social! 🧱
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It’s mid-morning where I live and I’ve spread the word about my @marchxness.bsky.social essay on Brick to everyone and in every way I know. The game is not over, but it does feel now as if it’s out of my hands. We’re down by over 300 votes, but I can honestly say I’m happy.
March 31, 2026 at 9:39 AM
It’s mid-morning where I live and I’ve spread the word about my @marchxness.bsky.social essay on Brick to everyone and in every way I know. The game is not over, but it does feel now as if it’s out of my hands. We’re down by over 300 votes, but I can honestly say I’m happy.
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Enjoying this shade from Cicily Bennion's video this am which is simultaneously cast on Canada and the US: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKLf...
March 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Enjoying this shade from Cicily Bennion's video this am which is simultaneously cast on Canada and the US: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKLf...
This final feels pretty inevitable to me, especially as an Xennial. Both essays are so good, and so sad, and this is a true 90s heartbreaker of a matchup. My Heart Will Go On is iconic, but Brick devastated an entire generation, and still makes me cry every time. I've gotta go Brick for the win.
THE March Sadness National Championship: (6) Ben Folds Five's "Brick" & @cicilybennion.bsky.social against (1) Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" & @mfitejohnson.bsky.social! Listen to the songs! Read the essays! Which is the saddest? YOU DECIDE (by 9am AZ time 3/31): marchxness.com#/sadnesscham...
March 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This final feels pretty inevitable to me, especially as an Xennial. Both essays are so good, and so sad, and this is a true 90s heartbreaker of a matchup. My Heart Will Go On is iconic, but Brick devastated an entire generation, and still makes me cry every time. I've gotta go Brick for the win.
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The road has been winding, full of surprise and (appropriately, I guess) heartbreak, but the March Sadness: 90s Edition Championship game is HERE
THE March Sadness National Championship: (6) Ben Folds Five's "Brick" & @cicilybennion.bsky.social against (1) Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" & @mfitejohnson.bsky.social! Listen to the songs! Read the essays! Which is the saddest? YOU DECIDE (by 9am AZ time 3/31): marchxness.com#/sadnesscham...
March 30, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The road has been winding, full of surprise and (appropriately, I guess) heartbreak, but the March Sadness: 90s Edition Championship game is HERE
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And allow us to remind you that it's release week for Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music: the March Xness anthology. It's like this whole tournament got shrunk down into book form! Thanks to @splitlippress.com for bringing this beauty into the world: www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
March 30, 2026 at 2:52 AM
And allow us to remind you that it's release week for Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music: the March Xness anthology. It's like this whole tournament got shrunk down into book form! Thanks to @splitlippress.com for bringing this beauty into the world: www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
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Tomorrow's the big @marchxness.bsky.social final! Seems like now or never for catching up on the rest of the pre-tournament essays! Shall we?
Apparently people like movies, but I've used this evening to catch up on some of the out-of-competition @marchxness.bsky.social essays that ran before the tournament started. (Fortunately there's one really long one that I've already read lolololol)
marchxness.com/the-essays
marchxness.com/the-essays
March 29, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Tomorrow's the big @marchxness.bsky.social final! Seems like now or never for catching up on the rest of the pre-tournament essays! Shall we?
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MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION FINAL FOUR FINAL SCORE
BEN FOLDS FIVE 389, Ani DiFranco 348
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The championship is set for MONDAY. Until then, stay strong!
BEN FOLDS FIVE 389, Ani DiFranco 348
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The championship is set for MONDAY. Until then, stay strong!
March 28, 2026 at 4:07 PM
MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION FINAL FOUR FINAL SCORE
BEN FOLDS FIVE 389, Ani DiFranco 348
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The championship is set for MONDAY. Until then, stay strong!
BEN FOLDS FIVE 389, Ani DiFranco 348
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The championship is set for MONDAY. Until then, stay strong!