Melody Moezzi describes herself first as Iranian-American. She is then Muslim. After that, she’s an author, attorney, and activist. She is also a Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
On this edition of CoastLine, we explore her latest work through the lens of her ethnicity, culture and career success – which is considerable. We also learn about her battle with mental illness – which, as we’ll discover – transformed into one of the gifts that led her to explore the mystic poetry of Rumi, a thirteenth-century scholar and theologian from the Middle East.
Melody Moezzi has written for NPR, CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Christian Science Monitor. But that is hardly an exhaustive list. She is the author of three books: War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims and Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life.
It’s her most recent book, out last month that we’re exploring today: The Rumi Prescription: How An Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life.
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