The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:39:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Tulletilsynet on The English Patient http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-26316 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-26316#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:39:35 +0000 Tulletilsynet http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-26316 American writers than NYRB.) Or just compare the personal ads.]]> American writers than NYRB.) Or just compare the personal ads.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-26316/feed 0 Natasha Vargas-Cooper on The English Patient http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-26023 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-26023#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:00:53 +0000 Natasha Vargas-Cooper http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-26023 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-26023/feed 0 katiebakes on The English Patient http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25947 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25947#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:58:22 +0000 katiebakes http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25947 The Quiet Room by Lori Schiller. It's a memoir by a woman afflicted with debilitating schizo-affective disorder. I think the most striking parts of the book are her detailed descriptions of the various mental hospitals/homes/centers/halfway houses she cycles through ... much of what she says dovetails with the letter linked above, particularly with respect to the differences in how each place looks at when, how, and why patients should be ultimately discharged. Anyway, so I really liked the above link.]]> The Quiet Room by Lori Schiller. It's a memoir by a woman afflicted with debilitating schizo-affective disorder. I think the most striking parts of the book are her detailed descriptions of the various mental hospitals/homes/centers/halfway houses she cycles through ... much of what she says dovetails with the letter linked above, particularly with respect to the differences in how each place looks at when, how, and why patients should be ultimately discharged. Anyway, so I really liked the above link.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25947/feed 0 RickVigorous on The English Patient http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25931 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25931#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:32:10 +0000 RickVigorous http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25931 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25931/feed 0 shorty on The English Patient http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25929 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25929#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:28:23 +0000 shorty http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25929 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25929/feed 0 johnpseudonym on The English Patient http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25921 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25921#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:18:45 +0000 johnpseudonym http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25921 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25921/feed 0 HiredGoons on The English Patient http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25918 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25918#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:11:08 +0000 HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25918 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-english-patient#comment-25918/feed 0