Mande rides again this fall with cactus-flower poetry and prose that’s by or about bipolar creatives. Join the joy of the bloom and the agony of the thorn.

In Episode 2, I’m adding a new periodic feature: a review of a published volume by a bipolar author. I found the poetry featured here spoke to this Episode’s tough-succulent spirit of “life and threat.”

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