
A writing teacher once told me that the more personal your work is, the more people can relate to it. I think that’s what draws readers to Nagata Kabi’s work. After years in the medical system, it wasn’t a mental health professional that identified the source of my depression—it was her debut book, My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, that revealed that both she and me were missing “the sweet nectar” of knowing our places in the world.
In her third book, My Solo Exchange Diary 2, she guides us through another self-revelation: you are loved, even if your mental illness convinces you otherwise.
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