Is There No Place on Earth for Me? was adapted from "The Patient," a four-part series initially published as "A Reporter at Large" feature in The New Yorker in 1981; at the time, Sheehan was a staff writer for the magazine. The series is available below.
"The Patient I—Creedmoor Psy. Center" (May 25, 1981)
"The Patient II—Disappearing Incidents" (June 1, 1981)
"The Patient III—Is There No Place on Earth for Me?" (June 8, 1981)
"The Patient III—The Air Is Too Still" (June 15, 1981)