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DESCRIPTION:------------------  Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and   Madness: 
 A Reader and Roadmap  of Bipolar Worlds, by The Icarus Project  Thursday 
 Night April 29th 7-9pm   AK Press Warehouse  Come join Sascha Scatter and 
 Ashley McNamara of   The Icarus Project to celebrate the release of   an 
 amazing little volume of writing that just  might end up changing the way 
 people talk about   bipolar disorder (also known as manic   depression) and 
 mental illness as a whole.    Currently most books on these subjects are   
 written by single, authoritative voices who  very rarely experience the 
 "disorders" they   define and even when they do they unilaterally   endorse 
 the mainstream medical model of mental   illness. Up until now there has 
 been next to   nothing published by bipolar people themselves   who are 
 critical of capitalism and big   business, skeptical of the pharmaceutical  
  industry and mainstream conceptions of   "normal", but who struggle daily 
 with the   compromises and complicated decisions we must  make to have a 
 chance at holding our ground in   an insane world.  As people diagnosed 
 with bipolar disorder,   we've assembled the beautiful and jagged pieces   
 of our collective experiences, the lessons and   the dreams, the scars and 
 the wisdom, to give   you a sense from the inside of what it's like   to 
 live with this particular breed of madness,   and to offer a set of 
 roadmaps from people who   are making it through. We've drawn stories from  
  letters, journals, articles, and the forums of   the Icarus Project 
 website, an online community   where a brilliant group of bipolar people 
 from   all over the world have come together to talk   about everything 
 from the spiritual dimensions   of mania to reconciling psych drugs with  
 radical politics.  Come join the dialogue.  Thurs, April 29th, 2004 - 7-9pm 
  Doors at 6:30 / $5 sliding scale  AK Press will be open for business  674 
 A 23rd St Oakland, CA  between MLK and San Pablo near 19th Street BART   
 and the West Grand Exit of 80/980  For more information contact:   AK Press 
 at 510-208-1700, angela@akpress.org  or http://www.akpress.org  All events 
 at AK Press are wheel chair   accessible  San Francisco Events!  Fri April 
 30th 7-9pm.   Adobe Books 3166-16th Street.  (in the Mission district btwn 
 Valencia and   Guerrero. just up from the 16th Street BART   stop.)  Tour 
 Finale Celebration!  May 2nd Sunday   New College of California, Theater Rm 
 777   Mission district on Valencia btwn 18th/19th Sts   Wheel chair 
 accessible  4-8 PM (4-6 workshop, open discussion, food & 6-  8 PM open 
 mic, Bonfire Madigan musical   performance, celebration + more TBA)   $5-15 
 donations encouraged.   no one turned away for lack of funds!   bring your 
 fav dish to share, prepare a piece   of writing or music to share, meet 
 people,   inspire/b-inspired ...  Friends Make the Best Medicine!!!!  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/04/21/36253.php
SUMMARY:Radical Mental Health Reading and Talk
LOCATION:AK Press, Adobe Books, New college
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/04/21/36253.php
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