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Author: Melissa Cynova

Melissa Cynova is an award-winning author and tarot reader from St. Louis, MO. She spends her days writing around four black cats, two dogs, and a tortoise named Phil. When she's not working, you'll find her hanging out with her husband and two kiddos, completing ridiculous jigsaw puzzles, and trying to figure out how S.H.I.E.L.D. got the tesseract from the Ice Demons.

Elka Ray | Divorce Is Murder (Seventh Street Books)

By Melissa CynovaAugust 22, 2019August 21, 2019
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Definitely A-OK | Maria Bamford

By Melissa CynovaAugust 5, 2019August 5, 2019
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Ani DiFranco | No Walls and the Recurring Dream (Viking Press)

By Melissa CynovaJuly 3, 2019July 2, 2019
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I Don’t Know How But They Found Me | 05.16.19, Delmar Hall

By Melissa CynovaMay 22, 2019May 22, 2019
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A Carrie With a Miranda Rising | Kerry Ipema talks “One Woman Sex and the City”

By Melissa CynovaApril 29, 2019April 29, 2019
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Amanda Palmer Does Not Assimilate

By Melissa CynovaApril 23, 2019April 24, 2019
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Patton Oswalt | 04.26.19, The Family Arena

By Melissa CynovaApril 22, 2019April 22, 2019
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Samia | 02.15.19, The Ready Room (with photo gallery)

By Melissa CynovaFebruary 21, 2019February 20, 2019
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On Tour: Samia w/ Donna Missal | 02.15.19

By Melissa CynovaFebruary 13, 2019February 12, 2019
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Sex in the Arch and Surviving Santa | John Waters

By Melissa CynovaDecember 8, 2018December 8, 2018
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The Clairvoyants | 01.18.19, The Sheldon Concert Hall

By Melissa CynovaDecember 2, 2018December 2, 2018
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“Creating in spite of illness, not because of it” | Jeff Tweedy

By Melissa CynovaNovember 27, 2018November 26, 2018
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