This Too Will Pass by Richard Martin

This Too Will Pass by Richard Martin

What happens when your world falls apart? How do you start again?

By all markers, Richard's life was a success: he was happily married, a great father, and lived a fulfilling life, professionally and personally. But the pressures of a highflying legal career, his increasing social commitments, and family illness all took their toll.Richard pulls no punches in describing his breakdown and the crushing social anxiety that left him scared to even answer the front door. As his life crumbled around him, Richard fought hard to get to grips with the mental illness taking over his life.This is his inspirational story...

Dream of Long Headdresses: Poetry from a Thousand Hospitals (Signpost Press, 1988), White Man Appears on Southern California Beach (Bottom Fish Press, 1991), Modulations (Asylum Arts, 1998), Marks (Asylum Arts, 2002), and boink! (Asylum Arts, 2002) are among Martin's works. Martin is the originator of The Big Horror Poetry Series (Binghamton, New York, 1983-1996) and a past recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literary Fellowship for Poetry. He and his family live in Boston, and he recently retired from the Boston Public Schools as a principal.