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Still not recovered from the too-soon loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman, now this.

Scientists unraveling the neural links between mental illness and creative genius may one day have more answers to today’s painful questions.

Knowing anguish comes with the territory, though, apparently doesn’t lessen it, nor reduce the need for the ultimate, last escape.

Not for Hemingway, not for Plath, not for Williams, not for so many.