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Of two Minds

A Narrative Fiction of Active Addiction and Mindful Sobriety

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In this fictional narrative I represent two modes of human experience – active addiction and mindful sobriety – through the literary convention of alternating first-person limited-omniscient narrators.

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  1. Peter Waldman
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  1. SUNY Brooklyn EOC, USA

    Małgorzata Powietrzyńska

  2. The Graduate Center of CUNY, USA

    Kenneth Tobin

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Waldman, P. (2017). Of two Minds. In: Powietrzyńska, M., Tobin, K. (eds) Weaving Complementary Knowledge Systems and Mindfulness to Educate a Literate Citizenry for Sustainable and Healthy Lives. Bold Visions in Educational Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-182-7_15

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