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The Other Press publishes novels, short stories, poetry, and essays from America and around the world that represent literature at its best. Their nonfiction books–should they be history, current events, popular culture or memoir–explore how psychic, cultural, historical, and literary shifts inform the vision of the world and of each other.
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Your Voice In My Head: A Memoir by Emma Forrest published by Other Press in 2011. This devastation story of heartbreak and self-discovery is written with wit and honesty The author explores the beauty of love, obsession, and depression. In New York City, when she was only 22, girl realized that her quirk had gone beyond eccentric and, lonely, Emma found herself in the office of some psychiatrist, who was positive and optimistic and whose wisdom saved her life. He had died unexpectedly at 53. After his death, Emma was forced to cling to the page for survival and regain her footing. Emma Forrest is the author and editor of the nonfiction anthology Damage Control, she is also screenwriter.
Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away by Christie Watson published by Other Press in 2011. This is a spirited story of a family’s attempt to find a deeper sense of identity in an unimaginable violence and poverty environment.The courage and wisdom there united to make life more than survival. After mother catches father with another woman, twelve-year-old Blessing and her brother, Ezikiel, are forced to leave their comfortable home. They leave for their grandparents’ village. Blessing shocked, but until her grandmother becomes a beloved mentor. Blessing begins to enjoy her new life. Ezikiel joins a gang of boy soldiers. . . Christie Watson is the author, she won the Malcolm Bradbury Bursary for her writing work, this is her first novel.
False Self: The Life of Masud Khan by Linda Hopkins published by The Other Press in 2006. In this book, M. Masud R. Khan (1924-1989) is exposed through his candor and scandalous behavior. The son of a wealthy landowner in rutal India which is now Pakistan, Khan grew up in a world of priviledge radically different from the Western lifestyle he would adopt after moving to London, where he was closely connected to some of the most creative and accomplished people of his time - Anna Freud, Donald Woods, Robert Stoller, Michael Redgrave, and many more. This story of provokative man written by Linda Hopkins who uses extensively quoted Khan's unpublished Work Books. His subsequent downfall reveals his psychic fragility and the world of intruigues and deceptions in the psychoanalytic community. Linda Hopkins, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and analyst. She is now full-time private practice at Clinical Associates Main Line in Wayne, Rennsylvania.
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Introducing selected titles:
Your Voice In My Head: A Memoir by Emma Forrest published by Other Press in 2011. This devastation story of heartbreak and self-discovery is written with wit and honesty The author explores the beauty of love, obsession, and depression. In New York City, when she was only 22, girl realized that her quirk had gone beyond eccentric and, lonely, Emma found herself in the office of some psychiatrist, who was positive and optimistic and whose wisdom saved her life. He had died unexpectedly at 53. After his death, Emma was forced to cling to the page for survival and regain her footing. Emma Forrest is the author and editor of the nonfiction anthology Damage Control, she is also screenwriter.Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away by Christie Watson published by Other Press in 2011. This is a spirited story of a family’s attempt to find a deeper sense of identity in an unimaginable violence and poverty environment.The courage and wisdom there united to make life more than survival. After mother catches father with another woman, twelve-year-old Blessing and her brother, Ezikiel, are forced to leave their comfortable home. They leave for their grandparents’ village. Blessing shocked, but until her grandmother becomes a beloved mentor. Blessing begins to enjoy her new life. Ezikiel joins a gang of boy soldiers. . . Christie Watson is the author, she won the Malcolm Bradbury Bursary for her writing work, this is her first novel.False Self: The Life of Masud Khan by Linda Hopkins published by The Other Press in 2006. In this book, M. Masud R. Khan (1924-1989) is exposed through his candor and scandalous behavior. The son of a wealthy landowner in rutal India which is now Pakistan, Khan grew up in a world of priviledge radically different from the Western lifestyle he would adopt after moving to London, where he was closely connected to some of the most creative and accomplished people of his time - Anna Freud, Donald Woods, Robert Stoller, Michael Redgrave, and many more. This story of provokative man written by Linda Hopkins who uses extensively quoted Khan's unpublished Work Books. His subsequent downfall reveals his psychic fragility and the world of intruigues and deceptions in the psychoanalytic community. Linda Hopkins, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and analyst. She is now full-time private practice at Clinical Associates Main Line in Wayne, Rennsylvania.References:
www.otherpress.com
Category:
Articles
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