

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Free Author Reading with Award-Winning Writer Melissa Faliveno followed by Community Open Mic
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 13 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 13 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for a captivating reading from Wisconsin-raised author, Melissa Faliveno, who will share work from her new novel, Hemlock. The reading will be followed by a community open mic. 

Melissa Faliveno is the author of the novel Hemlock (Little, Brown, 2026) and the essay collection Tomboyland, named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR, New York Public Library, Oprah Magazine, Electric Literature,  and Debutiful, and recipient of a 2021 Award for Outstanding Literary  Achievement from the Wisconsin Library Association. Her work, which has  been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and received notable selection in Best American Essays, has appeared in Esquire, Paris Review, Kenyon Review, Literary Hub, Prairie Schooner, Brevity, and Brooklyn Rail, among others, and in the anthologies Sex and the Single Woman: 24 Writers Reimagine Helen Gurley Brown’s Cult Classic (Harper Perennial, 2022) and the forthcoming Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music (Split/Lip, March 2026). Born and raised in Wisconsin and the former senior editor of Poets &amp; Writers Magazine,  Melissa is an assistant professor of creative writing at the University  of North Carolina and lives in the woods outside Chapel Hill. www.melissafaliveno.com

If you would like to read at the open mic, please send an email to driftlesswritingcenter@gmail.com with the subject line: IN-PERSON OPEN MIC, and include your name and contact information. Please prepare to read no more than 5 minutes of material.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/viroqua/free-author-reading-with-award-winning-writer-melissa-faliveno-followed-by-community-open-mic/200029545334558
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, open-mic
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Viroqua
- **state**: WI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Vernon County Historical Society
- **lat**: 43.55283
- **long**: -90.88845
- **full address**: Vernon County Historical Society, 410 S Center Ave,Viroqua, Wisconsin, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: The Driftless Writing Center, Inc. (https://allevents.in/org/the-driftless-writing-center-inc/11561671)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 13 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Vernon County Historical Society, 410 S Center Ave,Viroqua, Wisconsin, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Driftless Writing Center, Inc.
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, open-mic
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Free Author Reading with Award-Winning Writer Melissa Faliveno followed by Community Open Mic ?
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