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His football is reminiscent of Ken Kesey’s insane asylum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

“A collective insane asylum can continue to live in a fictional world.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 5, 2022

He wrote about Partition from the perspective of insane asylum residents and prostitutes and, in so doing, powerfully illustrated the unimaginable horrors and absurdities of Partition.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2022

When I was a teenager, I read biographies of famous women, and they always seemed to have these mental breakdowns and they’d have to go to an insane asylum.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2022

Facing prosecution and jail, Smith suffered a mental breakdown and briefly committed himself to an insane asylum.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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