Karis Rogerson

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.

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.”

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.

In a moment when I couldn’t write myself, it was the writing of others that brought me back from the brink of my depressive episode.

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.

Up until a couple of weeks ago, I was a 23-year-old who had never been on a date.

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.

Here’s the thing about faking it: eventually, the truth comes out, or someone gets hurt. So I'm going to talk about my virginity on first dates!

On top of the career she’s already built for herself, Emily’s debut young adult novel Light Years released from Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster in September.