I loved the idea of a subversive world where mental illness was defined as just another version of normal, and education was how you made your way in the world, not something that began or ended.

“I truly missed my parents. I wanted to miss them. It was the only way I could l…”

“Off and on for many years, I tried to write a book about my childhood. I’d brin…”

“The railing of the balcony was cold but the blue-black night air was so warm in…”

“Mental illness didn’t really change people. It just made them more of who they …”