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Ted Jackins

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in Statesville, The United States

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Poetry, Art, Memoir

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Jim Carroll, Gregory Corso, Bob Kaufman, Jack Kerouac, Rainer Maria Ri ...more

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Ted Jackins is a poet, musician and multidisciplinary artist from North Carolina. Their work seeks to explore the world through the cracked POV of bipolar disorder.

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	Mercury, In Retrospect by Ted Jackins (Goodreads Author), Alien Buddha (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Is Poetry: Volume IV: Poets of the South by Michele McDannold (Goodreads Author), Stephanie Bryant Anderson, Melanie Browne it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Psych Ward Blues by Ted Jackins (Goodreads Author), Alien Buddha (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“In fact, many features of hypomania--such as outgoingness, increased energy, intensified sexuality, increased risk-taking, persuasiveness, self-confidence, and heightened productivity--have been linked with increased achievement and accomplishment.”
― Kay Redfield Jamison, Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament

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