TAG ARCHIVES FOR books

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Aug2012

by Elisa Hurley, PhD, Education Director

Elyn R. Saks’ 2007 memoir, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness is not an easy book to read.  In it, Saks, a distinguished law professor at the University of Southern California, paints a vivid, terrifying, and very human portrait of a life lived with schizophrenia.  

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Aug2012

by Avery Avrakotos, Education and Policy Coordinator

I have to admit it—I’ve never read a thriller before.  When I head into bookstores, my eyes always home in on the newest nonfiction releases. So when I picked up Paul McKellips’ 2011 release Uncaged: A Thriller, I was dubious of how long this book would last on my nightstand.

My instinct was right. It didn’t last long—McKellips’ [...] Read more