Yesterday while driving I listened to Brooke Shields discuss the circumstances that inpsired her memoir, "Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression." I was impressed by the candid, beautifully articulate, and graceful Ms. Shields, and realized how helpful such a memoir can be for those not familiar with the seriousness and dangers of PPD.
You can listen to her interview with Terry Gross here: Fresh Air
About Me
- katrina
- Originally from Vermont, I now live in North Carolina. My work can be found in recent issues of REAL: Regarding Arts and Letters, The Jabberwock Review, The Emerson Review, Storyglossia, The MacGuffin, Confrontation, Passages North, SmokeLong Quarterly, elimae, wigleaf, and Pank, among others, and forthcoming from Gargoyle #57 and REAL: Regarding Arts and Letters. One of my stories has been translated into Farsi by Asadollah Amraee, and many others by Jalil Jafari, two of which have been published in the Iranian journal, Golestaneh Magazine. For two years I worked as an assistant editor for Narrative Magazine. Currently, I serve as a mentor for Dzanc's Creative Writing Sessions. I'm working on two novels and a short story collection. In May, I was awarded the Carol Houck Smith Contributor Scholarship for the 2011 Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
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Hasn't she had a fascinating life, though? I was surprised that she did this, and yes, I think it'll help some others--
I'll have to listen to this.
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