Stories from Kings County Hospital

Writer #MirtheBerentsen stayed at the residency in New York in 2017/2018 which resulted in the publication 'Stories from Kings County Hospital'. A fragmentary collection of stories, poems and pictures about the psychiatric hospital as a biotope for American politics, escaping reality by creating a counter-narrative, gender, the limitations of care, the inevitability of death and the power of language.

"I just got off the phone with Shaka, a dear friend and writer. We met at the hospital and he mentions that Coronalife is almost like a communal psychosis. As determining what is real and what is not has become the new normal. Imagine someone telling you half a year ago that we live in a society where everyone should keep a 1,5 meter distance while wearing masks, all your steps are traced via your phone so that your neighbors get a notification if you're infected, your temperature is checked before entering a restaurant, inequality rises in rapid pace, oh and by the way: 5G is the culprit'.

This whole corona-period is challenging, even for people without a history of mental illness. So please, check in with your loved ones, support your local community and ask for help.

** The publication is still for sale via @Printedmatterinc @san.serriffe @MottoBooks @riot_artandbooks @werkplaatstypografie @wiels_brusselsstories and many other places >>> 100% of all sales will go to the @audrelordeproject - a lesbian, gay, bisexual, two spirit, trans and gender non-conforming people of color community organizing center, focusing on the #NewYorkCity area **