The Resource I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying : essays, Bassey Ikpi
I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying : essays, Bassey Ikpi
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The item I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying : essays, Bassey Ikpi represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying : essays, Bassey Ikpi represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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- Summary
- "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 ... memoir in essays implodes our preconceptions of the mind and normalcy as [she] bares her own truths and lies for us all to behold with ... honesty and ... intimacy"--Publisher marketing
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 257 pages
- Note
- On the title page, the phrase "But I'm lying" is upside down, backwards, and embedded in the first part of the title. On the spine, the phrase is in the right position, but is also upside down and backwards
- Contents
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- 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,
- Isbn
- 9780062698346
- Label
- I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying : essays
- Title
- I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying
- Title remainder
- essays
- Statement of responsibility
- Bassey Ikpi
- Title variation
- Im telling the truth, but Im lying
- Title variation remainder
- essays
- Subject
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- trueNigerian Americans -- Biography
- truePeople with Bipolar disorder
- trueOklahoma
- trueAfrican American women authors
- trueAfrican American women poets
- trueAnxiety disorders
- Autobiographies
- trueBipolar disorder
- Essays
- trueGrowing up
- Ikpi, Bassey
- trueImmigrants
- Manic-depressive illness -- Biography
- Manic-depressive persons -- United States -- Biography
- trueMental health
- trueMental illness
- Mentally ill -- Patients -- United States -- Biography
- trueNew York City
- trueNigeria
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 ... memoir in essays implodes our preconceptions of the mind and normalcy as [she] bares her own truths and lies for us all to behold with ... honesty and ... intimacy"--Publisher marketing
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10803547
- Cataloging source
- BYV
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ikpi, Bassey
- Dewey number
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- 616.89/50092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- RC516
- LC item number
- .I375 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Ikpi, Bassey
- Manic-depressive persons
- Manic-depressive illness
- Mentally ill
- Nigerian Americans
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- essays
- Label
- I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying : essays, Bassey Ikpi
- Note
- On the title page, the phrase "But I'm lying" is upside down, backwards, and embedded in the first part of the title. On the spine, the phrase is in the right position, but is also upside down and backwards
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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,
- Control code
- on1101639650
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062698346
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1101639650
- Label
- I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying : essays, Bassey Ikpi
- Note
- On the title page, the phrase "But I'm lying" is upside down, backwards, and embedded in the first part of the title. On the spine, the phrase is in the right position, but is also upside down and backwards
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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,
- Control code
- on1101639650
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062698346
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1101639650
Subject
- trueNigerian Americans -- Biography
- truePeople with Bipolar disorder
- trueOklahoma
- trueAfrican American women authors
- trueAfrican American women poets
- trueAnxiety disorders
- Autobiographies
- trueBipolar disorder
- Essays
- trueGrowing up
- Ikpi, Bassey
- trueImmigrants
- Manic-depressive illness -- Biography
- Manic-depressive persons -- United States -- Biography
- trueMental health
- trueMental illness
- Mentally ill -- Patients -- United States -- Biography
- trueNew York City
- trueNigeria
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