Melanie ColeinRead or Die!GhostsI lived in a deeply rich pool, suspended in memory, surrounded by triumph and trauma.Jun 7Jun 7
Melanie ColeinLong. Sweet. Valuable.Writing Challenge | AcridWhen people describe New Orleans, they describe the senses.Jun 51Jun 51
Melanie ColeinRead or Die!Lobotomies Aren’t FunnyThis week, I was targeted three ads for three separate products. One was a t-shirt with the words “Live, Laugh, Lobotomy” on it. The…Apr 45Apr 45
Melanie ColeinRead or Die!May Flowers Grow in the Saddest Parts of YouAt that moment, I felt like this scribbling of bathroom graffiti could see inside my soul.Mar 143Mar 143
Melanie ColeinRead or Die!On Talking to God, My Dead Cat, and Damar HamlinGod sounded quite normal, like a person one might meet on the street.Mar 121Mar 121
Melanie ColeinRead or Die!Home is Wherever I’m With You: Pet Loss, Grief, and Finding HopeAnd one day, I just didn’t feel as sad anymore. The clouds began to part. I could feel my own heartbeat. I could feel my boy, living life…Feb 13Feb 13
Melanie ColeinLong. Sweet. Valuable.Walter Freeman vs. AmericaThere is nothing that defines the treatment of serious mental illness in the 20th century more than the lobotomy.Jan 10Jan 10
Melanie ColeinILLUMINATIONMadness & Its Discontents: The Link Between Mental Illness & CreativityWas Socrates correct when he said all good things come through madness? Jan 42Jan 42
Melanie ColeinLong. Sweet. Valuable.Race as Pathology: How Blackness Became a Serious Mental Illness200 years of American psychiatric history and the oppression of the black race.Dec 28, 2023Dec 28, 2023
Melanie ColeinRead or Die!What Psychosis Taught Me About RealityI don’t remember the first time the world felt out of place. It happened slowly and all at once. A thought here, a sound there. A voice…Aug 19, 2022Aug 19, 2022