Ep. 63: People of Seacliff Mental Hospital (Janet Frame, Part 1)

Update: 2024-07-08

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This episode features one of Janet Frame's short stories, "Gorse is not People," which was featured in The New Yorker on August 25, 2008. Link here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/09/01/gorse-is-not-people

References to this work are from part two of Janet Frame's autobiography, An Angel at my Table.

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Ep. 63: People of Seacliff Mental Hospital (Janet Frame, Part 1)

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Ep. 63: People of Seacliff Mental Hospital (Janet Frame, Part 1)

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