Thanks to everyone @MillsMFALit, my first reader @aaminaahmad, @ArizonaMFA, @Tin_House workshop, @haharuffo for many edits, @aylazeef for her overall brilliance and dedication to this project, @HaleyDLynch @BeaconPressBks, and all my addiction and harm reduction colleagues! 🙏.

It was an honor to discuss Mother of Methadone with historian and co-member of the elite Marie Nyswander fan club, @emily_dufton, for @NewBooksNetwork. Have a listen? @BeaconPressBks.

Thank you, everyone who came out to hear the brilliant @MaxJordan_N, @MorganGodvin, and me chat about #LiberateMethadone at @villagewdell with @UCLASocialMed @LASidewalk @CommunityHeal17 @_HOPICS. It shouldn't be easier to get the poison than the cure.

RT @GoldinAgency: & for @debutiful’s nonfiction list we have MOTHER OF METHADONE by Dr Melody Glenn!.

"To envision the path forward, we need the power of liminal spaces" - on the importance of holistic thinking in combating addiction. Thanks @lithub for giving this craft essay a home 💜 @BeaconPressBks @GoldinAgency

Thanks for including Mother of Methadone on Bloomberg's top reads for July! It comes out tomorrow, wherever you buy books 🧡@jstarmy @business

RT @RebeccaPonton: OUT TOMORROW!

In ‘Mother of Methadone,’ a doctor reclaims empathy in the fight against opioid stigma @sfchronicle @BeaconPressBks.

RT @MorganGodvin: Los Angeles people:. Come see me speaking at a book talk with the indomitable @MaxJordan_N and “Mother of Methadone” auth….

Honored for "Mother of Methadone" to be included in @debutiful's list of books to read in July! @BeaconPressBks @GoldinAgency @PineStatePub @PenParentis @UAZHealth

RT @TIME: “I was expected to heal others, but my job made it impossible to adequately care for myself and my baby.”. Dr. Melody Glenn expla….

RT @Salon: “Only the people can save the people”: As Trump guts harm reduction programs, activists fight back

RT @Salon: Trump’s border war won’t stop overdoses. In fact, it might make things worse

RT @ASAMorg: Act now! Tell the administration to expand access to lifesaving care by eliminating the DEA’s prohibition on the prescribing o….

Full review here:

"Mother of Methadone advocates a range of ways that the medical and social justice worlds can work together. [and] offers a sensitive and progressive vision of medical care & presents a cogent argument against the continued criminalization of drug use." @newpages @BeaconPressBks

RT @ABEMCert: Melody Glenn, MD, MFA, received a 2025 President’s Award from @NAEMSP! 🎉 Dr. Glenn has made notable contributions to our spec….

RT @UAZMedTucson: Melody J. Glenn, MD, MFA, says creative writing & the humanities make her a better physician. Her upcoming memoir explore….

RT @AzCapitolTimes: Dr. Melody Glenn, an addiction physician at the University of Arizona, argues in her guest commentary that overdose pre….

Overdose prevent centers are an effective and mainstream strategy to reduce fatal ODs, link people who use drugs to treatment, & save taxpayer dollars. AZ legislators want to ban them. @AzCapitolTimes @ASAMorg @DrugPolicyOrg @ArizonaMedicine

Last week, @laurengilger & I chatted re fentanyl & the effective meds we have to treat addiction: buprenorphine and methadone. But thanks to stigma, regulatory barriers, & #priorAuth's, they're still too hard to get. @kjzzphoenix @ASAMorg @ArizonaMedicine