Behind the Walls of the World’s Psychiatric Hospitals
This podcast examines the history of now-defunct or abandoned psychiatric hospitals. Listen every week to learn about the history of mental health care and the true stories of the people who lived and worked behind the walls.
Behind the Walls of the World’s Psychiatric Hospitals
Ep. 63: People of Seacliff Mental Hospital (Janet Frame, Part 1)
July 07, 2024
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Dr. Sarah Gallup
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Episode 63
This episode features one of Janet Frame's short stories, "Gorse is not People," which was featured in The New Yorker on August 25, 2008. Link here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/09/01/gorse-is-not-people
References to this work are from part two of Janet Frame's autobiography, An Angel at my Table.
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