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How not to kill yourself : a portrait of the suicidal mind / Clancy Martin.

by Martin, Clancy, 1967-

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Pantheon Books, 2023.

Martin, Clancy, 1967-

Philosophers -- United States -- Biography.

Suicide -- Psychological aspects.

Suicide -- Prevention.

9780593317051 (hc.)

xxiv, 431 p. ; 25 cm.

Clancy Martin is the acclaimed author of the novel How to Sell (FSG) as well as numerous books on philosophy, and has translated works by Friedrich Nietzsche, Søren Kierkegaard, and other philosophers. A Guggenheim Fellow, his writing has appeared in The New Yorker, New York, The Atlantic, Harper’s, Esquire, The New Republic, Lapham’s Quarterly, The Believer, and The Paris Review. He is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Missouri in Kansas City and Ashoka University in New Delhi. He is the survivor of more than ten suicide attempts and a recovering alcoholic.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-407) and index.

"An intimate, insightful, at times even humorous blend of memoir and philosophy that examines why the thought of death is so compulsive for some while demonstrating that there’s always another solution from the acclaimed writer and philosophy professor, based on his viral essay, 'I’m Still Here.'"--From publisher.

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