I'm Telling the Truth, But I'm Lying: Essays by Bassey Ikpi

I'm Telling the Truth, But I'm Lying: Essays

Bassey Ikpi

272 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
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In I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying 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 diagnosis of bipolar II and anxiety. Her ...

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