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From The Newsroom: Surviving 'Swings,' Getting Vets Out Of The Waiting Room

KERA | By Lyndsay Knecht
Published August 20, 2014 at 9:21 AM CDT
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Amanda Jackson and Karleigh Eva Charlene's poem "Swings," about bipolar disorder, was chosen for a best-of showcase during the Brave New Voices poetry slam in Philadelphia last month.

The top stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: Two 19-year-old Dallas poets brave a friendship tormented by mental illness. And Lauren Silverman reports how the North Texas VA is trying to improve long wait times by turning to doctors in private practice.

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Lyndsay Knecht
Lyndsay Knecht is assistant producer for Think. 
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