Living with the Neighbors: Poetry and Prose

Overwhelmed and institutionalized by dark and self-destructive voices, the author learns to overcome her auditory hallucinations by calling them "the neighbors." The other weapon she uses to reclaim her self-worth is writing and gifting others with her poetry. Living with the Neighbors is a hybrid memoir of prose and poetry that traces the author's journey through severe mental illness and into recovery. This intimate portrayal of what it is like to live with this condition, begins at a pee...