NBCC member Kathleen Rooney talked to Suzanne Scanlon about her new memoir, 'Committed,' for Chicago magazine: buff.ly/4aLOJvq

New York friends - this is tomorrow night! so honored to be in conversation with one of my all time favorite writers sarah schulman

I interviewed Suzanne Scanlon about her book 'Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen' for the newsletter. Committed is a rare memoir that's about so much more than the writer or the events. open.substack.com/pub/kevinkoczw…

'I’m uncomfortable with the simple statement of 'books saved us' as much as I agree they do. They can open up possibilities that weren’t there—and those possibilities aren’t always helpful.' themillions.com/2024/04/suzann…

“The journey to the past is always the journey of a madman.” Suzanne Scanlon on remembering and returning to a disappearing past.
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In Committed, Suzanne Scanlon traces how women writers helped shape her identity. Catch her tomorrow for a discussion at Women & Children First! | ✍️ kerry cardoza chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/s…

incredibly fortunate to have read Suzanne Scanlon's brilliant new memoir, Committed. Chicago - plz pick up a copy tomorrow Women & Children First! chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/s…

Dorothy's own Suzanne Scanlon has just published a new book! If you loved PROMISING YOUNG WOMEN, you will love COMMITTED. They speak to each other beautifully. Highly recommend.

“I got better at being sick. I got better at being a mental patient”

Suzanne Scanlon (Suzanne Scanlon) on her time in the New York State Psychiatric Institute, as detailed in her stunning new memoir, Committed.

My interview with her Psychology Today

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'I’m uncomfortable with the simple statement of 'books saved us' as much as I agree they do. They can open up possibilities that weren’t there—and those possibilities aren’t always helpful.'

Suzanne Scanlon on her new memoir 'Committed.' pwne.ws/4cRKAHT

You can write a whole book & people will object without reading - I didn't have health insurance. I haven't had good insurance for most of my life (I'm adjunct - that's what that means: no 'benefits'). I've never been in a private hospital. It was a state hospital. But ok.

'Duras’s idea that our mothers are the strangest people we’ve ever met — well that was certainly true for me, strange in her absence.'

I got to interview Suzanne Scanlon about her memoir COMMITTED for Chicago magazine!

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CHICAGO friends! Come say hi to our editor Danielle Dutton and Dorothy author Suzanne Scanlon on Friday, April 26 as they read from their new books . . .

'There was something so enticing and validating about the literature of madness, of breaking down, of completely falling apart.'

JoAnna Novak interviews Suzanne Scanlon about crafting her new memoir, 'Committed.'

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'I sit here writing this, and as often happens when I write of my mom, I’m crying, I’m in tears.'

Suzanne Scanlon details her journey of self-actualization, discovery, and recovery in her new memoir, COMMITTED: ON MEANING AND MADWOMEN (@vintagebooks).

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“This is what Plath offered me: a narrative frame for my grief.'

Read an excerpt from Suzanne Scanlon's memoir, COMMITTED: ON MEANING AND MADWOMEN (@vintagebooks).

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Scanlon 'uses her own experience of mental illness to explore the enduring trope . . . mining the work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Virginia Woolf . . . & others for insights into the long literary tradition of women in psychological distress'
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Suzanne Scanlon signe ici un très beau roman féministe sur la santé mentale, au centre de son travail d’écriture.
– Lila Paulou à propos de Jeunes femmes pleines de promesses, à retrouver dans la newsletter Les Petites Glo Les Glorieuses, la newsletter féministe
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So nice to see Coffee House Press and PDAO on The Millions 'Most Anticipated' spring list!

Another month of great releases- here are our 12 must-read books of April!

ft. @Rachelkhong, Alison C. Rollins, BLACKBIIRD, April Gibson, amor towles, richard scott larson, @Clarebeams, #KathleenDorothyBlackburn , Uche Okonkwo, Suzanne Scanlon & more

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