**Content warning** This episode contains discussion of domestic violence, pregnancy loss and mental health. **

*If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please know you deserve safety and have resources. You can start by contacting the National Domestic Violence Hotline by calling 1-800-799-7233 or texting START to 88788

Oklahoma transplant Anna Renee shares her story of surviving domestic violence, grief and navigating mental health through poetry.

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Melodie explores the freedom of writing romance under your full government name with Tulsa's multi-talented artist and writer, Heather Dubree.

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Just days after the launch of the Kinara x Meadow Market Books collaboration, Melodie sits down with Kayla Comrie to talk about reading culture, responding to community, and the importance of leaning on each other to make dreams reality.

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Author Lyr Gray discusses her long-awaited debut Real Perfect, the way creativity begets creativity, and how the big world of writing is incredibly tiny.

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**Content Warning** This episode includes themes of grief, depression and suicide.**

Melodie talks about exploring mental health and queer joy with Tulsa author Samantha Ryan.

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**Please note: This episode was recorded in the midst of a polar vortex. You can hear the heater running.**

Melodie sits down with co-conspirator Jared Coulter to talk about launching Meadow Market Books.

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Melodie sits down with author and community rock star Jes McCutchen ahead of the release of Sidequests and Shenanigans, a collaborative poetry and creative writing endeavor launching January 31 with Josh Wann.

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