Posts by Jennifer Ostopovich

June 18, 2025 | Nonfiction

the Doors of Perception

Jennifer Ostopovich

Tina joins our class mid semester. Instantly, I dig her aura. She shares the relaxed gait and slow drawl of the local stoners. She wears her dark hair flat and parted down the middle and has an

September 6, 2024 | Nonfiction

On Being Mad

Jennifer Ostopovich

my first hospitalization was at 13 after swallowing a bottle of Tylenol.

August 29, 2024 | Nonfiction

They Called Him a Monster

Jennifer Ostopovich

The idea that mental illness can be effectively managed with drugs is a relatively new one

August 8, 2023 | Nonfiction

Fourteen

Jennifer Ostopovich

I try to imagine the various people the specks of bubble gum had belonged to. Try to give them faces and purposes.