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Melody Moezzi

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Melody Moezzi is an Iranian-American Muslim author, attorney, activist, and visiting professor of creative nonfiction at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Kirkus calls her latest book, The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life, “a heartening narrative of family, transformation, and courage” that “could shatter a variety of prejudices and stereotypes.” She is also the author of Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life and War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims. She is a United Nations Global Expert and an Opinion Leader for the British Council’s “Our Shared Future” initiative, and her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and myriad other outlets. Sh ...more

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	Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life 3.94 avg rating — 1,220 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life 4.18 avg rating — 595 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mothers and Strangers: Essays on Motherhood from the New South by Samia Serageldin (Editor), Lee Smith (Editor), Steve White (Narrator) 3.88 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ten Things White People Need to Quit Saying

While I've never been especially fond of political correctness for its own sake, I've encountered enough well-meaning white people embarrassing themselves to know that a brief tutorial can't hurt... (Click to keep reading.)

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Thank You for Not Reading: Essays on Literary Trivia

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“Telling someone who is manic that she's manic is like telling a dictator that he's a dick. Neither is going to admit it, and both are willing to torture you to prove their points.”
― Melody Moezzi, Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life

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“Insomuch as the structure of this book parallels that of my own mind, it boasts about as much order and linearity as a hallucination.”
― Melody Moezzi, Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life

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“Part of the reason it’s so hard for me to shake my delusions of grandeur lies in the fact that on occasion they actually come true. Whatever the case, they’re always there—dancing in the back of my mind like strawberry Pop Rocks, eschewing the possibility of the impossible and making it hard as hell to believe that I’m even slightly damaged. Though”
― Melody Moezzi, Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life

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“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

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message 2: by Melody

Jul 16, 2013 05:26PM

Hey Nancy! So great to be connected here and thanks for sharing my pieces on FB! I just started using goodreads, and I LOVE it. Anyway, excited to see what books you'll be recommending :)

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message 1: by Nancy Werking

Jul 16, 2013 04:51PM

You and I met at the writing conference in Rome, GA. Had visitors from Chicago the past few days who said how much they have appreciated pieces of yours that I've passed on via Facebook. Glad to connect with you here too.