Melody Moezzi
Author of Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life
About the Author
Melody Moezzi is a writer, speaker, activist, award-winning author, and visiting professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He work has appeared on NPR and CNN and in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Hrriyed, the South China Morning Post, and show more elsewhere. show less
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In The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life, Melody Moezzi openly shared her diagnosis with bipolar disorder and the symptoms she experiences. She candidly recalled her suicide attempt and psychiatric hospitalizations. Her parents are from Tehran and they sacrificed so that Melody could be be born in America. She shared about growing up in Dayton, Ohio and the cultural community she and her family embraced. She talked about being Muslim and...
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