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Home » Grants for Writers » Erica Blumfield explores the highs and lows of living with bipolar disorder

Erica Blumfield explores the highs and lows of living with bipolar disorder

July 22, 2024

Meet Erica Blumfield, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on her memoir, Starring Erica Blumfield.

Bipolar convinces Erica her life is a reality TV show, in a memoir weaving NYC’s music scene, a tumultuous love story, psychiatric institutions, and triumphant recovery.

In her creative nonfiction, Erica Blumfield explores the highs and lows of living with bipolar disorder. She finds humor in the face of adversity and confronts society’s perceptions of mental health.

An exciting update from Erica: “I have a show and reading in July where I’ll be sharing a chaotic experience and reading an excerpt of my memoir-in-progress Starring Erica Blumfield. I have also been accepted to Lighthouse Writers esteemed Book Project Program.”

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