Melissa Whalen Haertsch is a writer working in the genres of
literary fiction and
non-fiction, poetry and children’s literature. She also collaborates
frequently with
photographer Michael Poster on book arts and installation projects.
Melissa lives
on an old Quaker estate in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania
where her
husband and a large staff of children, pets and livestock assist her
in her work. (Read about their adventures at
Wren Cottage Live!)
Melissa’s writing has appeared in:
• Iowa Review
• Fourth Genre
• Five Years of Fourth Genre anthology
• Café Review
• Chattahoochee Review
• Cream City Review
Honors & exhibits include:
• FRACTURED: Michael Poster, Melissa Whalen
Haertsch & Rodrica Tilley At Butternut Gallery, Montrose, PA,
November-December 2011. In photographs,
writing and pastel landscape prints, the artists examined the
impact of gas drilling on their community.
• We Still Make Stuff Here at Mahady Gallery, Marywood University, October-December 2010
• Honorable Mention in Focus: Regional Landscape in Art juried exhibit
at Butternut Gallery, Montrose, PA, May 2009
• Artist in Residence 2006-2007, Salt Springs State Park, Franklin
Forks, PA
• 2002 Pushcart Prize nomination
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