Synopses & Reviews
Who’s crazy?
What does it mean to be crazy? Is using the word crazy offensive? What happens when a label like that gets attached to your everyday experiences?
To understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. Because there’s no single definition of crazy, there’s no single experience that embodies it, and the word itself means different things — wild? extreme? disturbed? passionate? — to different people.
In (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, 33 actors, athletes, writers, and artists offer essays, lists, comics, and illustrations that explore a wide range of topics:
– their personal experiences with mental illness
– how we do and don’t talk about mental health
– help for better understanding how every person’s brain is wired differently
– and what, exactly, might make someone crazy
If you’ve ever struggled with your mental health, or know someone who has, come on in, turn the pages... and let’s get talking.
Review
“Lively, compelling...the raw, informal approach to the subject matter will highly appeal to young people who crave understanding and validation....This highly readable and vital collection demonstrates the multiplicity of ways that mental health impacts individuals.” Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
A Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2018
Who's Crazy?
What does it mean to be crazy? Is using the word crazy offensive? What happens when a label like that gets attached to your everyday experiences?
To understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. Because there's no single definition of crazy, there's no single experience that embodies it, and the word itself means different things--wild? extreme? disturbed? passionate?--to different people.
In (Don't) Call Me Crazy, thirty-three actors, athletes, writers, and artists offer essays, lists, comics, and illustrations that explore a wide range of topics:
their personal experiences with mental illness,
how we do and don't talk about mental health,
help for better understanding how every person's brain is wired differently,
and what, exactly, might make someone crazy. If you've ever struggled with your mental health, or know someone who has, come on in, turn the pages . . . and let's get talking.
About the Author
Kelly Jensen is a former librarian-turned-editor for Book Riot and Stacked. She’s the author of It Happens: A Guide to Contemporary Realistic Fiction for the YA Reader. She loves black licorice and debating genre. Follow her on Twitter: @veronikellymars.
Kelly Jensen on PowellsBooks.Blog
My new book takes an honest and open look at mental health. The last word is key: health.
(Don’t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation About Mental Health features the insights and experiences of life with a brain from a wide array of writers, athletes, artists, actors, and celebrities...
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