The collected Schizophrenias - Esme Weijun Wang

Essays

*Esmé Weijun Wang offers us an all-access pass to her beautiful, unquiet mind... Rarely has a book about living with mental illness felt so immediate, raw, and powerful." — Dani Shapiro

The Collected Schizophrenias begins with Esmé Weijun Wang's long journey toward a diagnosis and then ventures into the daily realities of life with mental illness. Wang's essays, whether on using fashion to present as high functioning or navigating the depths of a rare form of psychosis, dispel misperceptions and provide insight into a condition long misunderstood, culminating in a book of undeniable clarity and power.

"You won't find any pity-baiting, sensationalism, or false positivity here; Wang is so candidly aware that I'd trust her over my own diary."

"Generous and brilliantly nuanced, rigorous and bold. It had me rethinking what it is to be well or ill, and what it means to be in a body-to be, that is, alive." - R. O. Kwon

"A masterful braiding of the achingly personal and the incisively researched... A vital, illuminating window onto the world."