Recs if you like The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays...
Blending Memoirs with Research, Poetry, Culture
Books that are part memoir part another genre: in a way that blends multiple mediums and/or themes in unique and engaging ways. Magical, explosive and memorable narratives expressed with creativity and depth. Books that inspire me to write more.
Lucy Dacus Recommendations π
Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.
Disability Justice
Madness Decolonized
books that approach the topic of (in)sanity from a non-Western or decolonial perspective. suggestions (or corrections, if Iβm mistaken about any of the current books) always welcome!
allow me to introduce myself
a collection of memoirs by individuals who have lived with and survived (and continue to survive) debilitating mental illnesses. these are their stories.
NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US
Disability Justice | critical disability studies | Mad studies | crip doulaship | chronic illness & spoon theory | centering BIPOC & 2SLGBTQIA+ disabled writers | stories highlighting medical racism, ableism, sanism, audism, disablement | M.M.I.N.D stories
feel free to leave suggestions in the comments!
Disabled, Deaf, Neurodivergent, Ill Nonfiction
A huge list of nonfiction books encompassing Disabled, Deaf, Neurodivergent, Ill bodyminds.
Similar lists of mine to check out: Disabled, Deaf, Neurodivergent, Ill Poetry AND Disability Sexuality
Chronically Spoonless
Letβs say this is me collecting spoons, aka: a list of memoirs by fellow chronically ill spoonies. May the selection give you empathy or make you feel seen β€οΈ
Texts for Aspiring Social Workers
I'm a first year student in a Masters of Social Work program, and as you might expect, we get recommended a ton of books from professors as well as from our classmates. I thought there could be some folks out here with ideas of books they think new social workers should read, but also might serve as a good resource for other people on here :) I will not be adding The Body Keeps the Score πββοΈ but I will keep adding to this list as I get recs, either from you or in school!
Creative nonfiction to change how you view nonfic
Iβve taken a couple creative nonfiction classes for school, and they always change how I see and read nonfiction! I think itβs easy to think of nonfiction as history, memoirs, and subgenres that might feel more boring to people like me. But creative nonfiction helped me learn to love nonfiction!
Get well soon!
Non-fiction books about health and how our body works, from anatomy to mental health, from healing to studying medicine. π· [Note: Some of these books might be controversial or resonate with some more than with others. Pick and choose what works for YOU. :)] Recommendations welcome
Prose Before Bros [book club]
Books read by Prose Before Bros, a book club for women of color in PDX
in the age of covid
disability and public health in the age of covid
millions of people are navigating chronic illness after the onset of covid19 pandemic and encountering barriers to treatment, work, and social access. this will look into the history of epidemiology, pandemics, eugenics, and what we can do to alter the course of abandoning public health.
when life hands you lyme disease
books with lyme disease rep (or by authors who have had lyme/chronic lyme). curated by a chronic lyme spoonie!
~asian saddies~
Asian ppl can be edge lords too
QT Library Queer Nonfiction Book Club
From a Boston based queer org, hosting a bimonthly bookclub online for queer nonfiction book recs: https://www.instagram.com/qt.library?igsh=MXdnN3B4bTFuNTFkZA==
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