![]() The comic artist is known for writing in a friendly and lovely way about riot girls, drugs, political activism and, in 2012, her battle with bipolar disorder. Unless, that is, you've got a special knack for making poetry look easy - which is to say, unless you're Ellen Forney. ![]() To do them justice, it's hard to be poetic about communicating effectively with medical professionals, taking pills on schedule and getting enough sleep. The latter, however comprehensive and necessary, tend to lack poetry (one exception is Andrew Solomon's The Noonday Demon). On the other side are books about coping. On the one side are probing, literary accounts of what it's like to experience these illnesses - William Styron's Darkness Visible, Kay Redfield Jamison's An Unquiet Mind. If you suffer from some form of depression or bipolar disorder, you've probably noticed a divide that exists amongst books on the subject. Maybe that sentence needs some explaining - starting with the "mood disorders" part. ![]() How?Įllen Forney has a new book out, and the fact that it's about mood disorders is just gravy. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Rock Steady Subtitle Brilliant Advice from My Bipolar Life Author Ellen Forney ![]()
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