Overview

Charles Monroe-Kane is a natural raconteur, and boy, does he have stories to tell. Born into an eccentric Ohio clan of modern hunter-gatherers, he grew up hearing voices in his head. Over a dizzying two decades, he was many things-teenage faith healer, world traveler, smuggler, liberation theologian, ladder-maker, squatter, halibut hanger, grifter, environmental warrior, and circus manager-all the while wrestling with schizophrenia and self-medication. From Baby Doc's Haiti to the Czech Velvet Revolution, and from sex, drugs, and a stabbing to public humiliation by the leader of the free world, Monroe-Kane burns through his twenties and several bridges of youthful idealism before finally saying: enough. In a memoir that blends engaging charm with unflinching frankness, Monroe-Kane gives his testimony of mental illness, drug abuse, faith, and love. By the end of Lithium Jesus there may be a voice in your head, too, saying 'Do more, be more, live more. And fear less.'

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Author:   Charles Monroe-Kane
Publisher:   University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint:   University of Wisconsin Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.220kg
ISBN:  

9780299310042

ISBN 10:   0299310043
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   30 September 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Prologue The Voices The Jesus Years Summer Camp Salvation The White Suit Will the Real Uncle Gunnysack Please Stand Up? A Crack in an Open Door Flying Too Close to the Sun The Movement A Brand-New Jungle In the Bush Leagues Bye-Bye Leather Pants A Peace Circus Burnout Romantic at Last Anchor's Aweigh Joy's Corduroys versus the Mutoid Waste Company Eureka: Construction Dust, Novella I in Homage to the Mrs. The Silver Lining Eureka: Nothing Closer to a Man Than a Razor Blade, Novella 2 in Homage to the Mrs. Open for Suggestions Eureka: A Hail Mary Toss, Novella 3 in Homage to the Mrs. The Italians Afterword Chuck? Epilogue A Bunny Floating by on a Balloon Eating a Magic Hot Dog

Reviews

"For all the voices that once raged through his head, Charles Monroe-Kane has finally found the true one: his own. With plainspoken honesty, he takes us through his raucous mission to devour a world before it devoured him, arriving finally at the hard truth of salvation."" - David Giffels, author of The Hard Way on Purpose ""This humble, funny, raw (yes, sex) book is a pell-mell kaleidoscope of faith, drugs, bawdy behavior, and mental illness that resolves not in soft focus or shattered glass but in the sweet important idea that there are many ways to be born again."" - Michael Perry, author of The Jesus Cow ""The mind of Charles Monroe-Kane crackles with a scary, exhilarating, manic, and beautiful energy. His book left my mouth agape. His story bobs and weaves, lulls readers into the right jab-then clocks us with a roundhouse. Charles lives his story like no other, and he tells it like nobody else can."" - Glynn Washington, host of public radio program Snap Judgment ""A young man grapples with bipolar 'voices' via religion, hedonism, activism, and Lithium. In his debut, Monroe-Kane, a Peabody Award-winning public radio producer, brings a fresh perspective to familiar memoir territory. . . . [A] compelling account of wrestling with inner turmoil against gritty, dramatic international settings."" - Kirkus Reviews ""The personal story [Monroe-Kane] tells in Lithium Jesus: A Memoir of Mania about marriage, fatherhood and the stunning events that came before, is one you will not soon forget."" - Bay Area Reporter ""Charles Monroe-Kane has had a more interesting life than anybody you are ever likely to know. . . . An exceptional memoir."" - Books & Beats Show"

For all the voices that once raged through his head, Charles Monroe-Kane has finally found the true one: his own. With plainspoken honesty, he takes us through his raucous mission to devour a world before it devoured him, arriving finally at the hard truth of salvation. - David Giffels, author of The Hard Way on Purpose This humble, funny, raw (yes, sex) book is a pell-mell kaleidoscope of faith, drugs, bawdy behavior, and mental illness that resolves not in soft focus or shattered glass but in the sweet important idea that there are many ways to be born again. - Michael Perry, author of The Jesus Cow The mind of Charles Monroe-Kane crackles with a scary, exhilarating, manic, and beautiful energy. His book left my mouth agape. His story bobs and weaves, lulls readers into the right jab-then clocks us with a roundhouse. Charles lives his story like no other, and he tells it like nobody else can. - Glynn Washington, host of public radio program Snap Judgment A young man grapples with bipolar 'voices' via religion, hedonism, activism, and Lithium. In his debut, Monroe-Kane, a Peabody Award-winning public radio producer, brings a fresh perspective to familiar memoir territory. . . . [A] compelling account of wrestling with inner turmoil against gritty, dramatic international settings. - Kirkus Reviews The personal story [Monroe-Kane] tells in Lithium Jesus: A Memoir of Mania about marriage, fatherhood and the stunning events that came before, is one you will not soon forget. - Bay Area Reporter Charles Monroe-Kane has had a more interesting life than anybody you are ever likely to know. . . . An exceptional memoir. - Books & Beats Show

Author Information

Charles Monroe-Kane has won a Peabody Award for his work as a senior producer and interviewer for the program To the Best of Our Knowledge, broadcast on 220 public radio stations. He has reported for National Public Radio's Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

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