Meri Danquah describes the challenges of racism and depression. Larry McMurtry recounts the despair that descended after his quadruple bypass surgery. Susanna Kaysen, writing for the first time about depression since em Girl, Interrupted, em criticizes herself and others for making too much of the illness. Lauren Slater eloquently describes her own perilous experience as a pregnant woman on antidepressant medication. Unlike any other memoir of depression, however, em Unholy Ghost em includes many voices and depicts the most complete portrait of the illness.

He teaches the media writing and radio broadcasting courses at Black Hills State University.Em Unholy Ghost em is a unique collection of essays about depression that, in the spirit of William Styron's Darkness Visible, finds vivid expression for an elusive illness suffered by more than one in five Americans today. He is currently finishing a book of short stories and a memoir. Both series were published by Lynx Books in New York City. And as Claudia Davison, he authored the horror series, Unholy Ghost. Diamond is also the first place winner of the Laura Bower Van Nuys Writing Contest and his fiction received an award for excellence from the University of South Alabama.Īs Link Pennington, Diamond authored the western series, SLADE. His short stories have been published by dozens literary magazines and he was twice awarded the Midwest Fiction Prize from Michigan State University. Professor Diamond’s book of poems Storm Lake Suite is in its third printing. His book of short stories, Street Scenes, was adapted for the stage by the Hollywood director John DiFusco and had a successful six month run in Hollywood. His new novel is Cool Hand in a Hot Fire, published by Daniel and Daniel publishers of McKinleyville, California.

His show the legendary “Diamond Mine” was the number one show in Los Angeles and San Francisco for over twenty years. Previous to arriving at Black Hills State University, Professor Diamond had a long and distinguished Broadcasting career with CBS, RKO-General Motion Pictures, Cox Communications, and Westinghouse Broadcasting. He has an alternative Ph.D in Holistic Studies from Columbia Pacific University in California. He received a Master of professional writing from the University of Southern California and took a Master of Arts in English from Northwest Missouri State University. Professor Dave Diamond received a Bachelor of Science in journalism and a Bachelor of Science in history from the University of Southern Mississippi. Director of Radio and Television Operations

Unholy Ghost by Claudia Davison