Kay Redfield Jamison's bio of poet Robert Lowell named Pulitzer finalist

Kay Redfield Jamison, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, wrote a biography of American poet Robert Lowell that was a finalist in the 2018 Pulitzer Prize category of autobiography or biography.

Of Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire, the Pulitzer nominating committee said: "A superb examination of the life, work, and struggles of Robert Lowell, which painstakingly explores the bipolar disorder that plagued the poet and elicits greater understanding of the relationship between mania and creativity."

Jamison is co-director of the Mood Disorders Center and is also the Dalio Professor in Mood Disorders.

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