Here, I’ve collected several stories about mental illness, many written by writers of color.
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Posted inFeature
The Life and Murder of Stella Walsh, Intersex Olympic Champion
Eighty years ago, in Berlin, Stella Walsh won her second Olympic medal. Decades later, Walsh’s murder and subsequent autopsy threw the legacy of track’s first female superstar into turmoil.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Narcissiana: On Collecting
An entomologist reflects on fly-hunting, an outhouse of distinguished provenance, and the narcissism of collectors.
Posted inReading List
#NoShame in Mental Illness: A Reading List
Here, I’ve collected several stories about mental illness, many written by writers of color.
Posted inReading List
Women and Their Relationship with Alcohol: A Reading List
My alcohol story seems like a non-story: I grew up in a home of teetotalers.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction
The Month That Killed the Sixties
An oral history of how everything went to hell in December 1969. Fred Hampton was killed by the police, the hippie spirit died at Altamont, and the Weathermen went underground.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Split Image
A young student athlete’s depression, hidden from social media. Madison Holleran was a student at University of Pennsylvania when she committed suicide at age 19.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Session In Progress: Five Stories About Therapy
We’re going all over the world: from improv classes, hospitals and living rooms in Belgium, New York City and Minnesota.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Session In Progress: Five Stories About Therapy
We’re going all over the world: from improv classes, hospitals and living rooms in Belgium, New York City and Minnesota.
