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Wes Melville

Wes Melville

Because vs Despite

When facing the long post-injury road to recovery, an athlete will often proudly proclaim that he’s coming back stronger than ever despite…

3 min readOct 29, 2023

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Wes Melville

Poetry Review: Girls’ Book of Knots

K.D. Harryman’s ‘Girls’ Book of Knots’ was a wonderful read. It’s a beautiful and at times haunting poetry collection about growing up as a…

1 min readJul 27, 2023

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Wes Melville

Review: Dept. of Speculation

My first book of 2023, was Jenny Offill’s Dept. of Speculation, a flash novella about a woman experiencing first-time motherhood, a…

3 min readJan 31, 2023

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Wes Melville

Indie Booksellers Struggle to Survive

I wrote the other day about the comeback strategy of Barnes & Noble and how it wanted to reshape itself to look more like a local…

2 min readMar 20, 2020

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Barnes & Noble Maks

Barnes & Noble wants to become an indie bookseller. Or at least that’s the strategy it’s banking on to fuel its comeback. The legacy big…

4 min readMar 20, 2020

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Wes Melville

A Billionaire’s Conquest

I was fascinated by the story of a billionaire taking down a media empire he didn’t like.

3 min readFeb 11, 2020

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Review: The Sense of An Ending

There are passages in this book that are so beautiful and thought-provoking. Capturing wisdom through the thoughts of a man as he reflects…

3 min readJan 14, 2020

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Review: Catch and Kill

“All the women before feel I am their fault. And if there were women after me, I feel I am their fault.” — Brooke Nevils

3 min readJan 14, 2020

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Prioritizing Your New Year’s Goals

As we embark on a new year and new decade, it’s often a time to reflect on what went well (and not so well) over the past 12 months. From…

3 min readJan 13, 2020

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Prioritizing Your New Year’s Goals

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Wes Melville

“Boxing was just a means to introduce me to the world.”

I love this quote. It stopped me in my tracks the first time I saw it because it so perfectly encapsulates why so many of us revere and…

1 min readAug 27, 2019

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Wes Melville

Wes Melville

Writer and executive coach. Helping leaders & their organizations grow. Ghostwriting memoirs. Writing a WWI-era novella. Newsletter: District Distinct.

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