In this episode, the conversation with Melizarani is all about the stories we are telling and how our identities influence and affect them. And she shares unique perspective on writing for different mediums and containers. Towards the end of the episode, Melizarani also performs and discusses one of her poems titled ‘The Songs You Don’t Know The Words To’
Melizarani T Selva is a Malaysian spoken word poet venturing into prose. To date, she has performed in six countries with notable performances at the Commonwealth People's Forum in London and ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival. Her first book titled ‘Taboo’ made Top 10 Best-Seller List on Malaysia’s No.1 Online Bookstore (MPH). Her poems have been translated in French and Bahasa Malaysia. Presently, she co-runs the Malaysia National Poetry Slam and has co-published an anthology comprising of 100 poems by 61 poets from Malaysia titled ‘When I Say Spoken, You Say Word’
