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Twin Cities author and storyteller, Allison Berglund Johnson, is not the only woman in her family to suffer from mental illness. In this interview, Berglund Johnson discusses how she's championed her illness into creativity--drawing from her experiences to create literary pieces, including a work-in-progress memoir, and play, "Other Than Tragedy." More information about her work and free monthly readings can be found at freemymemoir.com.
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Twin Cities author and storyteller, Allison Berglund Johnson, is not the only woman in her family to suffer from mental illness. In this interview, Berglund Johnson discusses how she's championed her illness into creativity--drawing from her experiences to create literary pieces, including a work-in-progress memoir, and play, "Other Than Tragedy." More information about her work and free monthly readings can be found at freemymemoir.com.
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Sandra Smallwood-Beltran
Posted on July 20, 2010 at 10:01 PM | Permalink
Enthralling and Convincing
This piece is very well done. A tension is created from the beginning with the duality of "The man who suffers and the mind who creates" (T.S. Eliot). Writer Allison Berglund Johnson is in earnest. She engages listeners with just a few words... it is her voice, real and intimate. Listeners will be quite ready to accept the invitation and visit her web site.