In defense of Harold Bloom
He was the best teacher I ever knew: visionary, generous of spirit and willing to place his students’ strivings on the same level as his own insights.
Nov 2019
Articles by Andrew Solomon: All Articles
Oct 2019
How Moving to France and Having Children Led a Black American to Rethink Race
He epitomizes a conundrum, viewing himself as part of multiple societies to which he has incomplete claims.
Sep 2019
The Dignity of Disabled Lives
The burden of being perceived as different persists. The solution to this problem is community.
Jul 2019
Traveling Through Jordan’s Historic Ruins, Red Dunes, and Dead Sea
Jordan has all the colorful history, layered archeology, and warm hospitality of its neighboring countries, with none of the turmoil.
Jul 2019
Points of Entry: Writers on the Border
There is no greater cruelty than to deprive a parent of his or her child.
Jun 2019
The First New York Pride March Was an Act of ‘Desperate Courage’
It wasn’t always feathers, floats and celebrities.
Oct 2018
The $2,000 Kente Cloth
Pink, green, yellow, and white, it fairly glittered on the counter... I knew that it and I had a future together, though I didn't yet know what it was.
Aug 2018
If You Could Add One Book to the High School Curriculum, What Would It Be?
“Obedience to Authority” relates how easily adults abdicate responsibility, and illuminates the horror that ensues when we placidly do as we are told.
Jul 2018
My Stories Become Someone Else’s: Adapting a Book to Film
Books require that people recount their emotions; documentaries require that people bare the same emotions in front of a film crew.
Jul 2018
The Newsletter from Andrew Solomon: Far From the Tree Documentary Opens Nationwide July 20
The film of Far from the Tree is its own creation, capturing and extending the real message of the book. It’s intimate and humane and in some places funny.
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