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Unholy Ghost is a unique collection of essays about depression that, in the spirit of William Styron's Darkness Visible, finds vivid expression for an elusive illness suffered by more than one in five Americans today. Unlike any other memoir of depression, however, Unholy Ghost includes... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- Illinois
- Manhattan
- Brooklyn
- Keara
- Virginia
- Massachusetts
- Boston
- States
- America
- Connecticut
- New England
First Sentence edit
Unholy ghost, a reader on melancholy, is a powerful collection of modern essays about an ancient topic.
Table of Contents edit
Epigraph by Jane Kenyon excerpt (xi)
Acknowledgements (xiii)
Introduction by Kay Redfield Jamision (1)
A Delicious Placebo by Virgina Heffernan (8)
Toys in the Attic- An ars poetica under the influence by Chase Twichell (21)
Bodies in the Basement-An ars poetica with attitude by Russell Banks (29)
One Cheer for Melancholy by Susanna Kaysen (38)
Heaven and Nature by Edward Hoagland (44)
Poodle Bed by Darcey Steinke (60)
Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen by Larry McMutry (67)
Noontime by Lauren Slater (75)
Fading to Gray by Lee Stringer (105)
Darkness Visible by William Styron
Strands by Rose Styron (126)
An Unwelcome Career by David Karp (138)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Nell Casey (Editor)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0688170315
Page Count: 320
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0688170315
Page Count: 320
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- Dewey: 808
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