Kay Redfield Jamison (left), photo: © Tom Traill. Ayelet Waldman, photo: © Claire Lewis.
Kay Redfield Jamison: Mental Illness and Creativity
GETTY CENTER
Harold M. Williams Auditorium
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Kay Redfield Jamison, author of An Unquiet Mind and Night Falls Fast, is joined by Ayelet Waldman, author of A Really Good Day and Bad Mother, for a discussion of the relationship between illness and art. Jamison's latest book, Robert Lowell: Setting the Stone on Fire, illuminates the interplay of mania, depression, and creativity.