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From Issue XXVII of The Melic Review
Jim Sallis (1944–2026) contributed poetry to both Issue XIX and the final issue of The Melic Review.
Best known as a crime novelist — his 2005 novel Drive was adapted into the acclaimed 2011 film — Sallis was equally accomplished as a poet, translator, and musicologist. A key figure in the 1960s New Wave science fiction movement, he received a lifetime achievement award from Bouchercon in 2007.
His presence in both an early and the final issue of the journal traces the arc of The Melic Review's entire run.