It’s time to talk about mental illness Originally Published in The Blue Review: Popular Scholarship in the Public Interest Liza Long 12.15.2012 Friday’s horrific national tragedy—the murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in New Town, Connecticut—has ignited a new discussion on violence in America. In kitchens and coffee shops across the country, we tearfully debate the many faces of violence in America: gun culture, media violence, lack of mental health services, overt and covert...