Recs if you like The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays...

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.

Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.

books that approach the topic of (in)sanity from a non-Western or decolonial perspective. suggestions (or corrections, if I’m mistaken about any of the current books) always welcome!

a collection of memoirs by individuals who have lived with and survived (and continue to survive) debilitating mental illnesses. these are their stories.

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!

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

Let’s 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 ❤️

I’ve taken a couple creative nonfiction classes for school, and they always change how I see and read nonfiction! I think it’s 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!

Books read by Prose Before Bros, a book club for women of color in PDX

Non-fiction books about health and how our body works, from anatomy to mental health, from healing to studying medicine. 😷 [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

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.

books with lyme disease rep (or by authors who have had lyme/chronic lyme). curated by a chronic lyme spoonie!

Asian ppl can be edge lords too