Posts Tagged Anxiety

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March 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Ross Murray: Rufus Marigold

Rufus Marigold  Ross Murray  Earth’s End  Ross Murray’s Rufus Marigold comic strip began life online – now it’s a book – expanded, new panels, new stories. It’s a wonderful examination of social anxiety. Much like Brent Williams’ powerful Out of the Woods graphic novel it is doing great work for explaining lived-experience with mental illness; for normalising, de-stigmatising.  I’m not an anxiety-sufferer, but, like anyone, […]

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June 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

James Rhodes: Fire On All Sides

Fire On All Sides James Rhodes Quercus James Rhodes, the classical pianist with rock’n’roll swagger, is a prodigy-level player that’s not there to please the purists but is – in his love of the music and his ability as conduit for it – far closer to being a purist than any of the snobs he […]

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October 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Brent Williams/Korkut Öztekin: Out of the Woods

Out of the Woods: A Journey Through Depression and Anxiety Brent Williams (Text) Korkut Öztekin (Artist) Educational Resources Ltd; New Edition edition Across 150 pages this graphic memoir offers an explanation and understanding of depression and anxiety – it’s a profound and profoundly moving reading experience; Brent Williams lays his life down in these lines, […]

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October 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Melissa Broder: So Sad Today

So Sad Today: Personal Essays Melissa Broder Grand Central Publishing Anyone writing personal essays probably worries about the tumble over into indulgence. Here the book isn’t subtitled “Personal Essays” to merely spell it out – at least I assume that’s not the case, rather because the title So Sad Today started as an anonymous Twitter […]