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Through The Looking Glass: Reflecting on Madness and Chaos Within Paperback – May 17, 2021

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Join 158 writers and artists from across the globe as they journey Through the Looking Glass to unveil the truth about life with mental illness. Diverse, raw, and urgent, the poetry, prose, and art work in this anthology dig deep into the experience of living with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and other neurodivergent conditions, as well as the challenges of loving someone who struggles with such an illness.

Full of hope and despair, acceptance and rebellion, the creativity contained within these pages reflects the reality that we cannot walk around or behind the looking glass, but must walk through it unflinchingly to educate, foster compassion, and reduce the stigma so often associated with mental illness.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Indie Blue Publishing (May 17, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 560 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1951724089
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1951724085
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.79 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.41 x 9 inches

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John W. Leys
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John W. Leys was first moved to write song lyrics after being introduced to the Beatles and Bob Dylan when he was a teenager. A chance encounter with a radioactive fountain pen turned him into a ukulele playing poet, a curse he’s had to live with for decades.
The greatest influences on his poetry have been Lord Byron, Leonard Cohen, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Catullus, Erica Jong, and a chemical imbalance in his brain.
John’s first poetry collection, The Darkness of his Dreams, was published in 2019. His second book, Whispers of a One-Eyed Raven: Mythological Poetry, followed the next year. He’s also been published in anthologies from Indie Blu(e) Publishing, one of which he helped edit. He often wonders, in the third person, if anyone reads the Author Bios, or if he’s just wasting his time trying to be clever.
When not writing poetry, John can usually be found playing one of his many ukuleles or feeding the crows & ravens in the park.
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Grace R. Reynolds is a native of the great state of New Jersey, where she was first introduced to the eerie and strange thanks to local urban legends of a devil creeping through the Pine Barrens. Since then, her curiosity with things that go bump in the night bloomed into creative expression as a dark poet, horror, and thriller fiction writer.
When Grace is not writing she can be found dreaming up macabre scenarios inspired by the mundane realities of life. Her debut collection of horror poetry “Lady of The House” was released in December 2021 by Curious Corvid Publishing.
Connect with Grace on Instagram or Twitter @spillinggrace
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Meg Baines hails from the beautiful east coast of Canada. Writing since a very young age, she recently decided to share her words with the world. Her debut book, Interstellar Love Songs and Melancholic Melodies, shares her love of space and the beauty that is love, as well as the darker side, the stark contrast of melancholy that is heartbreak.
Meg has an autistic daughter who is her moon and stars, a houseful of animals, and is currently completing a degree in Chemical Engineering.
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Tres Hermanas

There are few 'necessary' books - this is one

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 2, 2021

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Few books are truly 'necessary.' They may be fun, enjoyable, a ride, but mostly entertaining more than necessary. Of those who fit the bill of 'necessary' many are unreachable, too academic, impenetrable despite best effort. What's refreshing and interesting about this volume of poetry on mental health, is how accessible it is to read and gain from that reading, a wealth of knowledge, empathy and insight into the experiences of those who care for or are mentally ill. The stigma is real and all we can do to eradicate it, helps diminish hate and condemnation. Through The Looking Glass doesn't pull punches, it's a real reflection of what living with mental illness is like, what loving someone with mental illness feels like, the experience, raw and visceral. Without these treaties on such important subjects, we risk going through life with blinkers on. If we don't talk about it, it doesn't exist, right? But we know this is far from true. Facing the reality of how many fall victim to mental illness, through no fault of their own and yet DESPITE THIS thrive and are equally valuable people, is why this book needs to be widely read.

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Robert G. Wertzler

That which we call mental illness, seen from the inside

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 4, 2021

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This is a heavy book, a big book, 529 pages big and heavy. And it is heavy of subject, mental illness as the lived experience of its 150 contributors. It is also beautiful, haunting, and honest in it’s poetry and stories and art. This is not a book to sit down and read cover to cover, but one to keep handy and, perhaps daily or less often, open randomly and read a piece or a few, and feel, ponder, possibly weep or laugh (or both). If you are one like the authors dealing with depression, mania, psychosis, anxiety, or some combination, you will be in no doubt that you are not alone in that. If you know, love, work with such a one (or more) and seek to understand, there are keys here offered by people of talent more than many who have similar experiences and who are not so able to tell their tale. They do come like shipwrecked Ishmael with tales to tell, tales true and real well told, some of which may well include something like mad captains and wounded whales.

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RaKobi

A Must Read

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Even though I have bipolar disorder and ADHD, and my own writing is included in this anthology, the book is teaching me so much about others’ experiences, especially those who have different diagnoses like autism (spectrum), OCD, and PTSD. The writing by people who take care of loved ones with mental illness is also enlightening. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t know someone who has a mental illness, so I think it’s an important and worthwhile purchase. It’s a hefty volume, the kind you’ll pick up again and again and take away something new each time.

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Reducing the stigma of mental Illness one poem at a time

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 15, 2021

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Full disclosure: I'm one of the contributors featured in this book.

While I'm grateful to have my pieces selected to represent my experience in dealing with anxiety and depression over the years, it isn't about me. Each and every one of the pieces presented by the poets and writers in this anthology has experienced or been a witness to the devastating effects of the various forms and varying degrees of mental illness. For many of us, being open about how we were truly feeling was difficult as most of the population just doesn't discuss a perceived weakness. It would be shameful, even embarrassing, and unproductive, something I dealt a lot with when I was younger. So I was quiet about it. I didn't even have a name for it until I was much older.

This book certainly doesn't celebrate the things which affect us but it does openly discuss how a person reacts to it, feels about it and how to even celebrate the byproducts of it. Adversity can foster empowerment, especially when one is supported throughout the process and beyond.

To anyone who truly wants to understand how a person with mental illness feels, I would recommend this anthology for valuable insight.

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Powerful collection 🔥

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'Through The Looking Glass', is a deeply soulful and spiritual collection. It is incredible how so many artists are capable of creating something so deep. I loved reading about the journeys of so many souls. I am in love with the artwork used but of course with the many artists as well! The work that Indie Blu(e) puts in their creations never ceases to amaze me. I would also like to congratulate all distributors. I can only recommend this book. A job incredibly done!!

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