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New Black mental health anthology with my sonnet
publications, poetry, nonfiction Athena Persephoni 6/8/26 publications, poetry, nonfiction Athena Persephoni 6/8/26

New Black mental health anthology with my sonnet

Inlandia Institute, the Southern California publisher of “These Black Bodies Are...A Blacklandia Anthology,” is releasing a new anthology entitled “88 Unashamed Black Mental Health Stories.” This is the second Inlandia Institute publication that has included work by me, in this case a sonnet called “Slumber.”

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A letter to a therapist
essay, epistolary writing, Personal Athena Persephoni 8/24/22 essay, epistolary writing, Personal Athena Persephoni 8/24/22

A letter to a therapist

I once had a therapist who took issue with my needing to leave my workplace when I had mental health crisis reactions. In response, I wrote her a letter that turned into an essay about the lack of equity and parity between attitudes and treatments for mental health versus physical health conditions.

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Article: “I Am a Victim of a Harmful Algorithm”
website article, confessional, essay Athena Persephoni 12/29/21 website article, confessional, essay Athena Persephoni 12/29/21

Article: “I Am a Victim of a Harmful Algorithm”

I’ve written about bigotry in algorithms, artificial intelligence and other technologies before. However, I never expected this issue to hit me at home in such a personal and invasive manner.

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