Talk:The Center Cannot Hold (book)

The Center Cannot Hold (book) is currently a Biology and medicine good article nominee. Nominated by Therapyisgood (talk) at 22:32, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

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Short description: 2007 book by Elyn Saks

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A fact from The Center Cannot Hold (book) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 July 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Elyn Saks's memoir about her life with schizophrenia won her a "Genius Grant"?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 13:49, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Elyn Saks won a MacArthur Fellows Program "Genius Grant" after publication of her book The Center Cannot Hold, a memoir about her life with schizophrenia?

Source: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. "Meet the 2009 MacArthur Fellows". Archived from the original on July 4, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2025.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mountain cottontail

5x expanded by Therapyisgood (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 16 past nominations.

Therapyisgood (talk) 20:17, 9 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Everything is looking good. I suggest a more concise and wikilinked version of the hook (below). ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:37, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ALT01: that Elyn Saks won a MacArthur "Genius Grant" after her memoir The Center Cannot Hold about her life with schizophrenia?