“Foust writes like a possessed Lynda Barry” – D.A. Kodelenko, San Diego City Beat Magazine
Traci Foust is the Author of the newly released book Nowhere Near Normal- a Memoir of OCD (Simon and Schuster/Gallery) acclaimed by National Public Radio, the San Diego Union Tribune and Marie Claire. Her work has appeared in several journals including The Nervous Breakdown and the Southern Review.
Her recent short story, The Cruelty of Children, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and will appear in the Fall 2011 issue Echo Ink Review and the Trey Stories Award Series.
She is currently working on her second book We’re Taking you to a Place Where you can Get Some Rest, A cautionary collection of essays on mixing Vicodin with vodka and why dating your psychiatrist isn’t always the best way to get your own prescription pad. She lives in a place where her love of cigarettes and bacon is frowned upon.
Tags: literary non-fiction, memoir, mental health, nowhere near normal, ocd
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In the process of reading it now and I can’t put it down (well I did just for a few minutes so I could go online
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I am reading your book on OCD (I have the glorious disorder too) You are a very gifted writer. Write another on on the same topic! Seriously. Your poetic approach does wonders on a topic that is in itself strangely poetic