Lucid, Likable, and Hopefully Sane: The Narrative Medicine of Socio-Psychiatric Recovery
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Graduation Year
2023
Writing Track
Narrative/Poetic Medicine
Degree
Master of Fine Arts
Program
Creative Writing
Program Director
Judy Halebsky, PhD
First Reader
Judy Halebsky, PhD
Second Reader
Claudia Morales, PhD
Description
Lucid, Likable, and Hopefully Sane: The Narrative Medicine of Socio-Psychiatric Recovery provides a detailed document of the author’s recovery from mental & neurological illness. This collection includes a curated selection of vignettes ranging from humorous to romantic to downright grim. The hybrid-genre work takes readers into a tapestry of topics– all within the context of an American, late-stage capitalist system. The long list of challenging & profoundly personal topics is matched by the wide range of genres employed through the duration of this text, from poetry to literary essay to surrealist flash fiction. Within a millennial identity, she writes through experiences spanning from 2010 - 2023. The physical settings journey from inside locked unit hospitals in or near San Francisco, to conducting rituals under the fog of Northern California bay waters, among the coyote brush. Lucid, Likable, and Hopefully Sane is the seed of a longer literary memoir.