Fear and Loathing in Trump’s America
The daily roller coaster of rights tenuously sustained or completely undermined is dizzying.
Feb 2017
Articles by Andrew Solomon: Literature & Free Expression
Jan 2017
The First Speech
Suggestions for the President-Elect to consider for inclusion in his inaugural address.
Jan 2017
The New Resistance: Inauguration Day
Freedom is a verb. It is something you live and achieve, that you must relive and achieve again every day.
Jan 2017
Resisting the New Order
Andrew Solomon speaks at PEN America WRITERS RESIST, held on the steps of the New York Public Library, January 15, 2017.
Dec 2016
Secret prisons: a vulnerability masquerading as a defense
A radical talk about our commitment to decency and human rights.
Aug 2016
May 2016
The Book That Made Me
Bishop's words are compressed, meaning squeezed into every phrase. Some poems are humorous; some are quietly agonising; all are deeply wise and subtly compassionate. They ...
May 2016
JK Rowling Was Right
Freedom of speech cannot be constrained to freedom to express one’s own point of view.
Apr 2016
Literature About Medicine May Be All That Can Save Us
A new generation of doctor writers is investigating the mysteries of the medical profession, exploring the vital intersection between science and art.
Nov 2015
Stop Racist Violence in Poland!
If Wroclaw wants to aspire to become a European Capital of Culture, and not a “KuKluxKland,” it must quickly come to terms with this disgrace.
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