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Lizzie
Simon, Author of Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D,
To Speak at Barnard College’s Rosemary Furman Counseling
Center, Oct. 16
 New
York, NY, September 20, 2002 – Barnard’s Rosemary
Furman Counseling Center will host theater producer Lizzie
Simon, author of Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D,
for an evening of reading and discussion on Wednesday, October
16, 2002. The event will take place in the Held Lecture
Hall, 3rd floor, Barnard Hall, from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Simon will discuss her personal experiences with bipolar
disorder as well as read selections from Detour,
which describes her cross-country journey during which she
encountered and interviewed other young people with bipolar
disorder in an attempt to connect and share their stories.
Regarding the years that followed her diagnosis, "Going
crazy at seventeen was the most traumatic experience I have
ever had, and [that] at that time I felt without role models,
without resources, without road maps," Simon wrote.
Detour has met with high acclaim in both the literary and
mental health fields. In reviewing Simon’s book, Peter
D. Kramer, author of Listening to Prozac, writes,
"Detour does for bipolar disorder what Prozac
Nation did for depression - scopes it out from the viewpoint
of someone who is young, hip, and vulnerable."
Dr. Alexander Glassman, Chief of Psychopharmacology at the
College of Physicians and Surgeons noted, "Lizzie Simon
has written the best description I have ever read of living
with manic depressive disease. This book will be helpful
to patients, family, and even physicians, but beyond that,
it is brilliant literature."
In addition to her writing, the 23-year-old Columbia University
graduate produced an MTV documentary this summer, titled
"MTV True Life: I’m Bipolar." She has also
won an Obie Award for her work at the Flea Theater in New
York City, and has been featured in Time magazine
as well as on CNN.
For more information, please contact the Rosemary Furman
Counseling Center at 212-854-2092. This event is free and
open to the public.
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Contact: Rosemary Furman Counseling Center, 212-854-2092
Petra Tuomi, Office of Public Affairs, 212-854-7907
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