Poet Mark Melnicove lives in Dresden and is a former publisher and editor. Melnicove received his MFA in literature and writing from Bennington College and teaches creative writing, humanities, and film studies at Falmouth HS, Falmouth, Maine. He is also a member of the faculty of the USM Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing program and has been executive director of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. He was one of the founders of Tilbury House Publishers in Gardiner, ME.