For years Patsy Desmond, subject of a January 2005 Reader cover story, was an enfant terrible of the Chicago boho art scene, semilegendary for her outrageous antics. She was also bipolar and drank and ...

Imagine a movie theater filled with regular seats except for one giant red velvet chair. When you sit, you sink way down into the plush, cozy material and you realize that you’re right in the middle ...

The story of a charismatic photographer who, after destroying her digestive system during a bipolar episode, slowly comes to terms with the new realities of her life, which include being dependent on ...

LEARNING TO SWALLOW follows Patsy a charismatic artist who destroys her digestive system during an unmedicated bipolar episode Over four rocky years she struggles to accept her physical condition her ...