Interview with Melinda Smith

from Compulsive Reader talks · host Magdalena Ball

The award-winning author of Goodbye, Cruel, reads from her new book and talks about how it came together, the structure, her linked suites, the influence of Dante, her attraction to Rabi'a Balkhi and Persian poetry in general, on writing about sensitive subjects like suicide, and much more. Find more about Melinda at her publisher's page: https://pittstreetpoetry.com/melinda-smith/ or on Facebook or Twitter.

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