Karis Rogerson

When I held Baby J for the first time, everything shuffled into place. For the kids, I see every reason to breathe. They love me. I don’t know why.

Leigh Bardugo isn’t just an incredible writer; she’s also an incredible person, not least because she writes very diverse stories that give readers the gift of representation.

Here’s the thing about depression: it cycles. Even when I’m on medication, going to therapy and doing everything I’m able to do in order to stay healthy and keep it at bay, it bleeds in and out of my soul.

Hospitalizations make me realize my own shortcomings when it comes to placing mental illness on the same plane as physical illness

There’s a reason I turn to Friends when I get depressed. Ok, I lied, there are several reasons.

The benefit of posting honestly about our struggles and depression on social media.

Selfies are one of the easiest indicators of my mental health.

"I think that you're never too old to read about hope, love, and redemption."

Am I misrepresenting? Am I misunderstanding? Am I misremembering?

Wicked Like a Wildfire, the debut young adult novel by literary agent Lana Popovic, is a book that seems created just to fit the description “atmospheric.”