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Heavy Is The Head, Elizabeth Wiles May 2021

Heavy Is The Head, Elizabeth Wiles

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"Heavy is the Head: how my mental illness made me a writer" is a collection of poetry about a journey in and through mental illness. It engages the social action issue of mental health awareness. "Heavy is the Head" tells a story of mental illness, how it was accepted, how it was used to improve, and how it can pave the road to self-acceptance.