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I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying : essays

Ikpi, Bassey,,
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In I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying Bassey Bassey Ikpi explores her life--as a Nigerian-American immigrant, a black woman, a slam poet, a mother, a daughter, an artist--through the lens of her mental health and diagnosis of bipolar II and anxiety. Her remarkable memoir in essays implodes our preconceptions of the mind and normalcy as Bassey bares her own truths and lies for us all to behold with radical honesty and brutal intimacy. From her early childhood in Nigeria through her adolescence in Oklahoma, Bassey Ikpi lived with a tumult of emotions, cycling between extreme euphoria and deep depression--sometimes within the course of a single day. By the time she was in her early twenties, Bassey was a spoken word artist and traveling with HBO's Def Poetry Jam, channeling her life into art. But 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. In I'm Telling the Truth, But I'm Lying, Bassey Ikpi breaks open our understanding of mental health by giving us intimate access to her own. Exploring shame, confusion, medication, and family in the process, Bassey looks at how mental health impacts every aspect of our lives--how we appear to others, and more importantly to ourselves--and challenges our preconception about what it means to be "normal." 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.
Ikpi explores her life as a Nigerian-American immigrant, a black woman, a slam poet, a mother, a daughter, an artist-- all through the lens of her mental health and diagnosis of bipolar II and anxiety. From her early childhood in Nigeria through her adolescence in Oklahoma she lived with a tumult of emotions, cycling between extreme euphoria and deep depression-- sometimes within the course of a single day. In opening our understanding of mental health, Ikpi challenges our preconception about what it means to be "normal."--Adapted from page [i].

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Greenburgh Public Library B IKPI (Text)
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Katonah Village Library B IKPI (Text)
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Mount Vernon Public Library 920 I (Text)
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New Rochelle Public Library 920 I (Text)
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Ossining Public Library B IKPI (Text)
Biography 		31021153649875
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Somers Library B IKPI, BASSEY (Text)
Biography 		31031151904933
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White Plains Public Library BIOGRAPHY IKPI, BASSEY (Text)
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White Plains Public Library BIOGRAPHY IKPI, BASSEY (Text)
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