Men Who Kill Themselves
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On Self-Slaughter and Getting a Dog
Essays Men Who Kill Themselves On Self-Slaughter and Getting a Dog Django Ellenhorn and The Metropolitan Review Jan 30, 2026 2,221 60 438 Share Édouard Manet, Le Suicidé , 1877-81, Oil on canvas Django Ellenhorn, The Metropolitan Review ’s Fiction Editor, returns today with a harrowing and brilliant work of memoir, a tale of his yearslong struggle with suicidal ideation and the violent, seemingly inescapable act itself. There are reams of mental illness writing in the world, but little of it can match Ellenhorn’s candor and sweep, his willingness to confront darkness with unflinching literary
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