Anya Melchinger is a senior in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her poetry often draws on her personal experiences with family, identity, and mental health. She loves reading the pieces of other young writers in Polyphony Lit and her school’s own literary magazine, Ka Nalu Ola. In her free time, she enjoys walking dogs, pressing the return key, having lunch with friends, and trying any art medium she can get her hands on.

Schedule

1:45 pm to 2:45 pm

State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room

Narrative 4 and the National Student Poets

with Felice Belle, Marcus Burns, Darrell Bourque, Robert Gao, Sofia Kamal, Anya Melchinger, Nadia Wright, and moderators Hannah Jones and Dennis Nangle

(ages 14 and up)

3:00 pm to 3:45 pm

Cavalier House Books Tent

Book Signing

National Student Poet, West Region