Bibliograph

I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying, essays, Bassey Ikpi

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I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying, essays, Bassey Ikpi

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

essays

Main title

I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying

Oclc number

1101639650

Responsibility statement

Bassey Ikpi

Sub title

essays

Summary

Bassey Ikpi explores her life--as a Nigerian-American immigrant, a black woman, a slam poet, a mother, a daughter, an artist--through the lens of her mental health and diagnosis of bipolar II and anxiety. Her remarkable memoir in essays implodes our preconceptions of the mind and normalcy as Bassey bares her own truths and lies for us all to behold with radical honesty and brutal intimacy.

Table Of Contents

The first essay is to prove to you that I have a childhood -- When they come for me -- the hands that held me -- Young girls they do get weary -- Yaka -- Becoming a liar -- Tehuti -- The quiet before -- Take two for pain -- Like a war -- This is what happens -- What it feels like -- Beauty in the breakdown -- It has a name -- Side effects may include -- Life sentence -- As hopeless as smoke -- The day before -- We don't wear blues -- Some days are fine -- When we bleed -- Searching for magic,

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