Complicating the Narrative of Mental Illness Using the Monsters from Asian Mythology

Jami Nakamura Lin begins with a warning: “In the presence of a story—if the story is a good one—time collapses.” This is precisely what she achieves in a genre-bending memoir that collapses past and present, personal and mythical. The Night Parade begins with her attempts to trace the origins of her bipolar disorder that first […] The post Complicating the Narrative of Mental Illness Using the Monsters from Asian Mythology appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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