Far from the Tree

Opening Weekend Q&As
IFC Center | New York, NY
Friday, July 20 & Saturday, July 21
Q&A with author Andrew Solomon and director Rachel Dretzin after the 5:05pm and 7:25pm shows.
Tickets now available

Books

Andrew Solomon’s books have won over fifty awards, including the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Wellcome Prize.

Far & Away

Reporting from the Brink of Change

“You will not only know the world better after having seen it through Solomon's eyes, you will also care about it more.”

Far from the Tree

Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

“A brave, beautiful book
that will expand your humanity.”

The Noonday Demon

An Atlas of Depression

“All-encompassing, brave, and deeply humane... open-minded, poetic, and critically informed at the same time.”

A Stone Boat

A Novel

“Andrew Solomon's first novel is a shimmering remembrance of things past and a meditation on love and death.”

Far from the Tree

Opening Weekend Q&As
IFC Center | New York, NY
Friday, July 20 & Saturday, July 21
Q&A with author Andrew Solomon and director Rachel Dretzin after the 5:05pm and 7:25pm shows.
Tickets now available

Public Speaking

Andrew Solomon has spoken at the U.N., TED conferences, The Moth, and cultural, professional and educational organizations throughout the United States and around the world.

Advocacy

Andrew Solomon is President of PEN American Center, founded in 1922 to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. PEN defends the freedom to write.

Teaching

Andrew Solomon is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia, and Special Consultant on LGBT Affairs to the Department of Psychiatry at Yale.

Journalism

Andrew Solomon is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, NPR, The New York Times, and many other publications.

Far from the Tree

Opening Weekend Q&As
IFC Center | New York, NY
Friday, July 20 & Saturday, July 21
Q&A with author Andrew Solomon and director Rachel Dretzin after the 5:05pm and 7:25pm shows.
Tickets now available

Far & Away

Reporting from the Brink of Change

"He has gifts of compassion and close attention that make people keen to confide in him."

Far from the Tree

Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

“Extraordinary.
A piece of concentrated intelligence.”

The Noonday Demon

An Atlas of Depression

“An elegantly written, meticulously researched book that is empathetic and enlightening, scholarly and useful.”

A Stone Boat

A Novel

“Solomon writes with a winning blend of emotional intensity and elevated lyricism.”

Public Speaking

Andrew Solomon has spoken at the U.N., TED conferences, The Moth, and cultural, professional and educational organizations throughout the United States and around the world.

Advocacy

Andrew Solomon advocates for the rights of individuals and families of every description, focusing on gay rights, disability rights, mental health, immigration, free expression, and economic and social justice.