This book is a vital, illuminating window onto the world we all already live in, but find all too easy to ignore.” -Alexandra Kleeman “Through the wide-angle lens of her own life, Esmé Weijun Wang comprehensively takes in the science, literature, art, institutions, spiritualism, and popular myths of schizophrenia, fashioning a tableau of intense clarity and contrast. With graceful, penetrative intelligence and a strong dose of wit, Esmé Weijun Wang creates a container that can hold the complexities and contradictions of her diagnosis, while addressing the larger issue of how our society marginalizes its mentally ill population. It will bring hope to others searching to understand their own diagnoses, and the lyric precision of her writing is a solace and pleasure in its own right.” -Meghan O’Rourke “The Collected Schizophrenias is a masterful braiding of the achingly personal and the incisively researched. The Collected Schizophrenias is a brilliant guide to the complexities of thinking about illness, and mental illness in particular. In these elegant essays, Esmé Weijun Wang insightfully dissects the many false stories we tell ourselves about mental and physical illness while investigating her own diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder. Advance Praise for The Collected Schizophrenias “Necessary and illuminating.
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