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02166aam a2200433Mi 4500 001 71904C5EC56B11E98D52521697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190823010126 008 180522t20192019nyu 000 0aeng d 020 $a 0062698346 020 $a 9780062698346 035 $a (OCoLC)1101639650 040 $a BYV $b eng $e rda $c BYV $d BYV $d YDX $d SOM $d BDX $d GK8 $d HBP $d LEB $d CLE $d IOU $d SILO 050 4 $a CT275.I 050 4 $a PS689 $b .I37 2019 082 04 $a 616.89/5 $2 23 100 1 $a Ikpi, Bassey $c (Essayist) $e author. 245 10 $a I'm telling the truth, but i'm lying : $b essays / $c Bassey Ikpi. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Harper Perennial, $c [2019] 300 $a 257 pages ; $c 21 cm 505 0 $a The first essay is to prove to you that I have a childhood -- When they come for me -- the hands that held me -- Young girls they do get weary -- Yaka -- Becoming a liar -- Tehuti -- The quiet before -- Take two for pain -- Like a war -- This is what happens -- What it feels like -- Beauty in the breakdown -- It has a name -- Side effects may include -- Life sentence -- As hopeless as smoke -- The day before -- We don't wear blues -- Some days are fine -- When we bleed -- Searching for magic, 520 $a "In this remarkable memoir-in-essays, Bassey Ikpi explores her life--as a Nigerian American immigrant, a black woman, a slam poet, a mother, a daughter, an artist--through the lens of her mental health and diagnoses of bipolar II and anxiety." -- $c cover page 4. 600 10 $a Ikpi, Bassey $c (Essayist). 650 0 $a Manic-depressive illness $v Biography. 655 7 $a Essays. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 9 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012020623.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909060238.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722062012.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20200801010341.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200505014643.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20191205010325.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20191204010827.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20190913010132.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190823010420.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=71904C5EC56B11E98D52521697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search