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TarcherPerigee - Penguin Books USA (2020)
A powerful personal journey to find meaning and life lessons in the words of a wildly popular 13th century poet.
Rumi's inspiring and deceptively simple poems have been called ecstatic, mystical, and devotional. To writer and activist Melody Moezzi, they became a lifeline. In The Rumi Prescription, we follow her path of discovery as she translates Rumi's works for herself - to gain wisdom and insight in the face of a creative and spiritual roadblock. With the help of her father, who is a lifelong fan of Rumi's poetry, she immerses herself in this rich body of work, and discovers a 13th-century prescription for modern life.
Addressing isolation, distraction, depression, fear, and other everyday challenges we face, the book offers a roadmap for living with intention and ease, and embracing love at every turn--despite our deeply divided and chaotic times. Most of all, it presents a vivid reminder that we already have the answers we seek, if we can just slow down to honor them.
Praise for THE RUMI PRESCRIPTION
2021 Wilbur Award Winner • 2020 Spirituality & Practice Award Winner
“A heartening narrative of family, transformation, and courage” that “could shatter a variety of prejudices and stereotypes.” — Kirkus
“The Rumi Prescription is a testament to the healing power of art and its ability to bring peace to our battered souls. Sometimes the cure we need is not a pill, but a poem.” — Firoozeh Dumas, New York Times Bestselling author of Funny in Farsi
“This is an amazing book, a brilliant read and a pure delight. What I love about The Rumi Prescription is how beautifully Melody Moezzi relates it to our everyday lives. If you love Rumi, read it. If you are looking for practical, real, grounded spiritual advice, read it and take it to heart.” — Omid Safi, author of Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition
“This book enlightened, delighted, and actively helped me. It’s a love letter sent across centuries – from one artist to another; and decades – from a daughter to her father; and in the here and now – from a writer to her readers. The Rumi Prescription is the sweetest medicine I’ve ever taken.” — Nina de Gramont, New York Times Bestselling author of The Christie Affair
“As a lover of beautiful sentences, and a secret self-help addict, I gobbled up this groundbreaking book, relishing the language, the wisdom, and the vivid and moving portrait of a father and daughter. Whether you read it for its fine translations of Rumi, its engrossing story, or as a practical guide for self-care, please give yourself the gift of reading The Rumi Prescription." — David Gessner, New York Times bestselling author of All the Wild That Remains and The Tarball Chronicles
“A stunning memoir. Melody Moezzi merges medieval poetry with modern dramas, exploring love, politics, and mental health. Original translations of Rumi's poems are interspersed with ruminations on fatherhood, feminism, and self-care, offering insights that will change your life. I wish I could prescribe this memoir.” — Dr. Seema Yasmin M.D., author of Muslim Women Are Everything: Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration and Adventure
“Melody Moezzi takes Rumi down from a dusty bookshelf, breathes life into his ancient wisdom, and makes him our guide through common contemporary struggles: anger, anxiety, distraction, and more. The Rumi Prescription translates the wisdom of a medieval mystic into the voice of a wise, honest, irreverent friend who tells us what we most need to hear.” — Krista Bremer, author of My Accidental Jihad / A Tender Struggle
“Born and raised in the U.S., Moezzi struggled to acquire a knowledge of classical Persian and spent five years in her painstaking research. The result is a ground-breaking work of literature that spares us having to do the same work. While the words of Rumi untangled her complicated issues, she simultaneously succeeded in breaking the code for the rest of us in a way that has never been done before. She preserves both the originality of form as well as the mystic message of Rumi’s poems, sharing them in a story that allows us to understand their application and meaning better than ever before.” — Zohreh Ghahremani, author of Sky of Red Poppies and The Moon Daughter