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"Prodigals" is a Uniquely Appalachian Story of …

WebFor Sarah Beth Childers, author of memoir-in-essays, Prodigals: A Sister’s Memoir of Appalachia and Loss, this parable wasn’t as much a lesson as it was a reflection of her …

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9 Books Where Women of Color Tell Their Own Stories …

WebOlive Witch: A Cross-Cultural Memoir by Abeer Y. Hoque. In this lyrical memoir, Abeer Y. Hoque writes about her childhood in Nigeria, her Bangladeshi heritage and family, and …

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7 Books on the Complexities and Nuance of Mental Illness

WebEverything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee. Lee’s debut novel, shares the story of two Chinese American sisters and the impacts that immigration, motherhood, and mental …

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9 Books That Rethink Our Narratives About Health and …

WebMaps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies might be one of my favorite books. Maddie Mortimer narrates her novel from the points …

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Writing an Illness Story that Rejects the Inspirational …

WebOne-part memoir, one-part narrative nonfiction, one-part historical investigation, The Fruit Cure takes readers on a journey through the sometimes-sinister past—and controversial …

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We Need a New Way of Thinking About Mental Illness

WebI n recent years, suicide rates across America have considerably risen and continue to rise in almost every state. For this reason, there is a need for a guide on reporting …

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Illness and Disability Don't Make You Obsolete

WebJosie tells Rick that his mother does not have society and that if he’s not careful, he will be just like her. It is implied that society is something to be gained and lost, and that Rick’s …

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7 Novels and Stories That Prove Fiction Can Grapple with …

WebThe State of Me by Nasim Marie Jafry. Based on the author’s own experience with myalgic encephalomyelitis (also known as chronic fatigue syndrome), The State of Me is …

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9 Memoirs That Reveal the Mental Health Challenges of …

WebJulie Kliegman is the author of Mind Game: An Inside Look at the Mental Health Playbook of Elite Athletes.She is a writer and editor in Queens, New York. Previously, she was copy …

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Writing About Mental Illness from the Inside

WebW ithin the first week it was published, Bassey Ikpi’s essay collection I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying, a collection of personal essays illuminating and encapsulating the …

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The Health Insurance Plot Is the New American Happy Ending

WebThe American health system, Beatrix Hoffman argues, has always been characterized by two things. The first is a refusal to adopt a right to care– the closest thing the U.S. …

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Capitalists Built the Stage and We’re All Performing Health

WebLike Wells, I am deeply skeptical of culture, even as I appreciate it profoundly and make a living wading into it. Cynically, I suspect the recent explosion in sick lit is attributable not …

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Could a Daily Poetry Podcast Save Your Mental Health

WebWhy produce a daily podcast? If your subject matter is the news, it’s the only time frame that can keep up with the snowball-rolling-down-Mt.-Everest pace of what’s going on. If your …

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REVIEW: We All Sleep in the Same Room

WebConfinement is the dominant feeling of Paul Rome’s strange and concise debut novel. In We All Sleep in the Same Room, Manhattanite Tom Claughlin shares a bedroom with his …

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THE WRITING LIFE: Writing and Mental Health

WebResearch shows that by writing about their emotional experiences, people can improve their mental health and even reduce the symptoms of asthma and arthritis. Novelist and …

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What Our Fear of Wolves Tells Us About Women’s Fears

WebNicholl Paratore. T his is one of those stories that begins with a female body,” opens Erica Berry’s evocative exploration of wolves, fear, and the female experience, Wolfish: Wolf, …

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Healthcare Workers Are Not Okay

WebEG: Ha, yes. I wanted to show the real skill that goes into nursing work. I’m not sure how nurses are perceived in America, but in the U.K., there is still this perception that it’s a …

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“Piranesi” Is a Dispatch from the Kingdom of Chronic Illness

WebIn the first pages of Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi, the novel’s titular narrator is almost carried away by three converging tides.Plunged into a landscape of marble and bone, sea, sky …

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We Need to Talk About the Mental Health Effects of Book Bans on …

WebLukoff has a hard time quantifying the mental health toll of seeing his books challenged, as there are moments he’s almost “fine” but there’s always the potential for greater harm …

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7 Short Stories About the Inner Lives of Athletes

WebIn the near future, most top athletes are “meshed”—fitted with neural implants that allow viewers to see what players see, to feel what players feel, to travel beyond the confines …

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8 Books About Housing Inequality in America

WebIn this epic account the Great Migration, Wilkerson tells the story of the generations of African Americans who picked up their belongings to flee the violent, segregationist …

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