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Stugotz discussed this collection of essays, describing it as a raw look at F. Scott Fitzgerald's clinical depression and manic episodes. He was particularly struck by a list Fitzgerald wrote detailing times he was snubbed by people he considered inferior in character or ability. The book was noted for its honesty and the specific insights Fitzgerald shared while struggling with his mental health.
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This collection of essays was described as a very short book or long article detailing the author's struggles with deep depression and manic episodes while he was living through them. The speaker mentioned that one of the lists Fitzgerald made in the essays was of times he was snubbed by people not his better in character or ability.
there is this F. Scott Fitzgerald series of essays called The Crack Up? Have you ever heard of The Crack Up? I have not. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote this collection. It's now a collection.
And he talks about being what is, I think, just a... Just clinical depression. Sleeping all day. And he's writing lists to occupy his mind. And he... And one of the lists is times in which he was snubbed by those who are not his better in character or ability, which I always think about.
But isn't that a great line, right?