The Telegraph
“In an extract from her new book, a mother shares the story of what happened to her family after her son, Zach, was diagnosed with psychosis.”
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Newsweek
Podcast with Zibby Owens: “Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books”
“Author Tanya Frank joins Zibby to discuss her gut-wrenching and compassionate new book Zig-Zag Boy: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood, which chronicles her son Zach’s sudden and inexplicable psychotic break at age 19 and her journey to accepting the mysteries of his altered states.”
Hippocampus Magazine Interview
Frank received her MFA in creative nonfiction at the University of California, Riverside. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and elsewhere. She lives in London with her wife. Here’s our conversation:
The Guardian
This piece – that I wrote about my son living with psychosis – got more views than any other article in the Lifestyle column of The Guardian weekend magazine. I received message after message from people telling me their own stories, all too similar, all too deserving of a more compassionate and alternative approach.
New York Times: Zig-Zag Boy Review
“In her memoir, “Zig-Zag Boy,” Tanya Frank looks back on her son’s epic struggle with schizoaffective disorder.”
The Observer Magazine: JoyRiders
This recent piece in the Observer Magazine looks at self-care in the aftermath of trauma. Sometimes it is about letting go, being led and cycling our way back to joy.
Building a Radical University: A History of the University of East London – Bloody Snobs
‘In the buzz and fervour of it all, I started to find my voice, to read critically, to pin myself on the map, to know where I stood politically. Although I was attending the polytechnic part time, two days a week rather than three, in my heart and mind, in my gut that now churned with excitement and novel ideas, I was more than part-time, more than full-time; I was a whole new me…’
Sinister Wisdom — Sunday Girl
This essay, Sunday Girl, was published in the journal Sinister Wisdom, in their issue titled The Lesbian Body, edited by Tara Shea Burke in Fall of 2017. Read the essay as a PDF here.
Los Angeles Times
Newsweek
Podcast with Zibby Owens: “Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books”
“Author Tanya Frank joins Zibby to discuss her gut-wrenching and compassionate new book Zig-Zag Boy: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood, which chronicles her son Zach’s sudden and inexplicable psychotic break at age 19 and her journey to accepting the mysteries of his altered states.”
Hippocampus Magazine Interview
Frank received her MFA in creative nonfiction at the University of California, Riverside. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and elsewhere. She lives in London with her wife. Here’s our conversation:
The Guardian
This piece – that I wrote about my son living with psychosis – got more views than any other article in the Lifestyle column of The Guardian weekend magazine. I received message after message from people telling me their own stories, all too similar, all too deserving of a more compassionate and alternative approach.
New York Times: Zig-Zag Boy Review
“In her memoir, “Zig-Zag Boy,” Tanya Frank looks back on her son’s epic struggle with schizoaffective disorder.”
The Observer Magazine: JoyRiders
This recent piece in the Observer Magazine looks at self-care in the aftermath of trauma. Sometimes it is about letting go, being led and cycling our way back to joy.
Building a Radical University: A History of the University of East London – Bloody Snobs
‘In the buzz and fervour of it all, I started to find my voice, to read critically, to pin myself on the map, to know where I stood politically. Although I was attending the polytechnic part time, two days a week rather than three, in my heart and mind, in my gut that now churned with excitement and novel ideas, I was more than part-time, more than full-time; I was a whole new me…’
Sinister Wisdom — Sunday Girl
This essay, Sunday Girl, was published in the journal Sinister Wisdom, in their issue titled The Lesbian Body, edited by Tara Shea Burke in Fall of 2017. Read the essay as a PDF here.