The Night Parade A Speculative Memoir Jami Nakamura Lin by Jami Nakamura Lin 9781761385360, 1761385364 instant download after payment.

In the groundbreaking tradition of In the Dream House &, The Collected Schizophrenias a gorgeously illustrated lyrical memoir that draws upon the Japanese myth of the Hyakki Yagyō — the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons — to shift the cultural narrative around mental illness, grief, & remembrance.

'Are these the only two stories? The one where you defeat your monster, & the other where you succumb to it?'

Jami Nakamura Lin spent much of her life feeling monstrous for reasons outside of her control. As a Japanese Taiwanese American woman with undiagnosed bipolar disorder, her adolescence was marked by periods of extreme rage & self-medicating, an ever-evolving array of psychiatric treatments, & her relationships with those she loved — especially her father — suffered as a result.

Frustrated with the tidy arc of the typical mental illness memoir, the kind whose trajectory leads toward being 'better',...

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Hyakki Yagyo, or the Night Parade of 1,000 Demons, is a Japanese myth that once helped people account for the various states we now understand as mental illness. Lin lived for many years with undiagnosed bipolar syndrome, & often felt as if she existed in places where no one else did. The stories from her childhood about ghosts and demons comforted her, as those figures also seemed to live between worlds. Lin’s braiding of personal experience & cultural touchstones make this memoir very special. — LA Times