On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Suzanne Scanlon to discuss her memoir, Committed, On Meaning and Madwomen, which reclaims the idea of the madwoman as a template for insight, discovery, and recovery. 
We chat with Suzanne about the loss of her mother and her time in the New York State Psychiatric Institute in the 90s; the word “madness” and the limits of language; the moments of magic between book and reader; what it means to live in a body; and complicated it is to share one’s grief and trauma.
Committed is out now. Buy it, read it, share it, and listen to our spoiler-free chat with Suzanne wherever you get your podcasts!

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