Now that I have decided I am in love with this poet, I offer her to you!
Melissa Studdard’s debut poetry collection, I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast, was recently released by Saint Julian Press. She is also the author of the bestselling novel Six Weeks to Yehidah; its companion journal, My Yehidah(both on All Things That Matter Press); and The Tiferet Talk Interviews. Her awards include the Forward National Literature Award, the International Book Award, the Readers’ Favorite Award, and two Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards.
Melissa’s poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, and articles have appeared in dozens of journals and anthologies, including Boulevard, Connecticut Review, Pleiades, and Poets & Writers. In addition to writing, Melissa serves as editorial advisor for The Criterion and a host for Tiferet Talkradio. She received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence college and is a professor for the Lone Star College System and a teaching artist for The Rooster Moans Poetry Cooperative.
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Wonderful. I like the idea of … bottled messages sent from the island of self to the world.
The poems bring to mind the translations of Rumi by John Moyne and Coleman Barks.
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Thank you for the close reading and the comparison to Rumi! So grateful to you for voicing these things–
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I think I should now gracefully retire! As Haydn did when he heard the Mozart quartets.
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Philippa–You are amazing. Thank you for honoring me!
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