We need to talk about suicide, local author and professor says

Clancy Martin’s new book “How Not to Kill Yourself” takes a bold and unflinching look at what he calls the suicidal mind. Combining aspects of memoir and social inquiry, the book underscores one big idea: We need to be talking about suicide.
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Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. And yet, it’s not talked about very much; at least, not openly.

Clancy Martin, a philosophy professor at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and author of the soon-to-be published book “How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of a Suicidal Mind,” said that needs to change.