Psychological Issues – Janet Ruth Heller

Article about Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio published in MidAmerica

Author: Janet Ruth Heller January 28, 2025

My article “Multiple Awakenings in Sherwood Anderson’s Story ‘An Awakening’” just appeared in MidAmerica, volume 51 (2024) on pages 43-53. I used to teach this story from the book Winesburg, Ohio to my undergraduate English composition and literature students at…
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Criticism, empathy, Fiction, Literature, Love, mental health, Psychological Issues, scholarly articles

gender roles, Grotesque characters, insight, power in society, Psychological Issues, repression, traditional norms

Obsessions and Bipolar Disorder in Jaimy Gordon’s Novel Lord of Misrule

Author: Janet Ruth Heller January 10, 2025

Janet Ruth Heller’s article of literary criticism “Obsessions and Bipolar Disorder in Jaimy Gordon’s Novel Lord of Misrule” appears in the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, volume 16, issue 3 (Fall, 2024) on pages 162-193. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRTCT2K4 I highly recommend this wonderful novel…
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bipolar disorder, Fiction, Literary Magazines, Literature, Novels, obsessions, Psychological Issues, scholarly articles, scholarly articles about creative writing by Janet Ruth Heller

bipolar disorder, books, horseracing, literary criticism, literature, Novels, obsessions, scholarly articles

Sterling Script anthology published a poem by Janet about her oldest niece

Author: Janet Ruth Heller December 21, 2024

Editor-in-Chief Terry Hojnacki published a poem that I wrote for my oldest niece when she was three years old entitled “Wendy Defiant” in the anthology Sterling Script: A Local Author Collection 2024 on page 65. Walper Publishing produced the anthology….
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Children, Creative Writing, Family, Kids, Literature, Poetry, Psychological Issues, Published Poetry

Children, poetry, rebellion, toddler