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# Joanna Pearson

Psychiatrist

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Joanna Pearson is a psychiatrist.

## Quick Facts About Joanna Pearson

Profession Psychiatrist

## About Joanna Pearson

American writer and psychiatrist (born 20th century)... \| Joanna Pearson is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and psychiatrist. She published two books of short stories, Every Human Love, in 2019, and Now You Know it All, in 2021, and a novel, Bright and Tender Dark, in 2024. Pearson is a recipient of the Donald Justice Poetry Prize and the D

##  Quotes by Joanna Pearson

> [“And it occurred to me; I was not part of the action. Oh God, I thought, I'm not an anthropologist. I'm the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-pearson/and-it-occurred-to-me-i-was-not-part-of-the-action-oh-god-i-thought-i/)

Joanna Pearson

[Childhood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood/)

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