Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Quick and Easy Sign Up!

It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.

Sign Up Browse

Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

  • Download on iOS
  • Download on Android
  • Download on iOS

I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays

Bassey Ikpi
4.31/5 (3236 ratings)
Read Now Download Now
A deeply personal collection of essays exploring Nigerian-American author Bassey Ikpi’s experiences navigating Bipolar II and anxiety throughout the course of her life.

Bassey Ikpi was born in Nigeria in 1976. Four years later, she and her mother joined her father in Stillwater, Oklahoma —a move that would be anxiety ridden for any child, but especially for Bassey. Her early years in America would come to be defined by tension: an assimilation further complicated by bipolar II and anxiety that would go undiagnosed for decades.

By the time she was in her early twenties, Bassey was a spoken word artist and traveling with HBO's Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam, channeling her experiences into art. But something wasn’t right—beneath the façade of the confident performer, Bassey’s mental health was in a precipitous decline, culminating in a breakdown that resulted in hospitalization and a diagnosis of Bipolar II.

Determined to learn from her experiences—and share them with others—Bassey became a mental health advocate and has spent the fourteen years since her diagnosis examining the ways mental health is inextricably intertwined with every facet of ourselves and our lives. Viscerally raw and honest, the result is an exploration of the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of who we are—and the ways, as honest as we try to be, each of these stories can also be a lie.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
257 pages
Publication:
2019
Publisher:
HarperPerennial
Edition:
Unabridged
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0062894781
ISBN13:
9780062894786
kindle Asin:

I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays

Bassey Ikpi
4.31/5 (3236 ratings)
Read Download
A deeply personal collection of essays exploring Nigerian-American author Bassey Ikpi’s experiences navigating Bipolar II and anxiety throughout the course of her life.

Bassey Ikpi was born in Nigeria in 1976. Four years later, she and her mother joined her father in Stillwater, Oklahoma —a move that would be anxiety ridden for any child, but especially for Bassey. Her early years in America would come to be defined by tension: an assimilation further complicated by bipolar II and anxiety that would go undiagnosed for decades.

By the time she was in her early twenties, Bassey was a spoken word artist and traveling with HBO's Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam, channeling her experiences into art. But something wasn’t right—beneath the façade of the confident performer, Bassey’s mental health was in a precipitous decline, culminating in a breakdown that resulted in hospitalization and a diagnosis of Bipolar II.

Determined to learn from her experiences—and share them with others—Bassey became a mental health advocate and has spent the fourteen years since her diagnosis examining the ways mental health is inextricably intertwined with every facet of ourselves and our lives. Viscerally raw and honest, the result is an exploration of the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of who we are—and the ways, as honest as we try to be, each of these stories can also be a lie.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
257 pages
Publication:
2019
Publisher:
HarperPerennial
Edition:
Unabridged
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0062894781
ISBN13:
9780062894786
kindle Asin:

More Books

Brutalities: A Love Story

Margo Steines

Rx

Rachel Lindsay

I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé

Michael Arceneaux

My Body Is a Book of Rules

Elissa Washuta

Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life

Melody Moezzi

Weirdo

Tony Weaver Jr.

The Body Papers

Grace Talusan

Manic: A Memoir

Terri Cheney

Negroes with Guns

Robert Franklin Williams

Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky

Rudy Francisco

The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays

Esmé Weijun Wang

The Teller of Secrets

Bisi Adjapon