To Read & To Write

"Though nearly all statements a psychiatric patient can make are not believed, proclamations of insanity are the exception to the rule." To read "The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays" by Esmé Weijun Wang, you must be committed. I say this not to dissuade you, but more to prepare you for the type of book that it is: Wang's writing is decidedly dispassionate and the words less poetic in that flowery way than some may be looking for. However, that is precisely why I loved the book. Moreover, this style (which includes sharp handed, gorgeous prose, I might add) does not take away from the fact that "The Collected Schizophrenias" is for all those deeply committed to raising awareness about mental illness, indeed, mental health, under power structures (such as pharmaceutical industries and hospitals generally) that are imbalanced, difficult to decipher precisely because we all know that the trustworthy and untrustworthy are simultaneously engaged in th...