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New Release: I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast

With Whitmanesque exuberance and voracity, Melissa Studdard’s I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast is a collection that devours the world even as it offers it—a collection that, through all its doubts and wounds, through “fire,… 

My wonderful friends

My wonderful friends, for 2013 I wish you unconditional love, deep friendship, frequent and lengthy interludes of joy, and that you may live your truth without fear. Happy 2013! Melissa Studdard is on Facebook and… 

My Lovely Grandmother

Here’s a picture of my lovely ninety-six year old grandmother from earlier today (courtesy of my aunt). Grandma Jane can’t always remember my name, but she still smokes, flirts, drinks scotch, wears a beautiful manicure,… 

Merry Christmas, friends!

Joy to the world. And candy canes, and eggnog, and brightly lit trees … Merry Christmas, friends! Melissa Studdard is on Facebook and Twitter. She writes on Johntext Texas. Visit her personal homepage www.melissastuddard.com and…