Ten of the Best Books for Beginning Artists
Why I don’t pray for healing
Some thoughts on Tillie Olsen’s “Silences”
Why it’s OK to root-flip your white girl dreads, and how to do it right!
How I Reconcile Cussing in my Memoir
Using Curse Words

Hey all! I’m blogging over at my good friend (and my boss!) Myra Fiacco’s author website this week. Find my post here. Myra has this incredible book coming out next week called Using Curse Words: Finding Unusual Solutions to Life’s “Worst” Problems. It’s truly a gem. Drawing from her experience starting…
Mandy Steward and the Secret Message Society
Disorganized Speech

A common feature of schizophrenia is disorganized speech. The word “feature” makes me laugh. It’s not like automatic windows on a Subaru. Feature feels like the wrong word. Disorganized speech — illogical or unmeaningful speech, non-sequitur assertions (on a very basic level, eg, “I toasted the bagel so the…
And is that okay?
I was on the phone with a friend last night, lamenting the fact that I’ve suffered from a significant delusion for almost 1.5 years, and only discovered a few weeks ago that it wasn’t real. I felt like I’d been taken for a ride, my perspective had been hijacked, and…