The Dignity of Disabled Lives
The burden of being perceived as different persists. The solution to this problem is community.
Sep 2019
Articles by Andrew Solomon: All Articles
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
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.
Jul 2018
The immigration crisis is about the devaluation of love
The separation of immigrant families from their children is not merely a disgusting failure of sympathy by the American government, but also a surefire way to break thousands ...
Jun 2018
Preventable Tragedies
Get support. If you are thinking of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
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