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Mar 2014

Audio: Out Loud: Peter Lanza and the Terror of Unknowable Children

On this week’s Out Loud podcast, Solomon uses his conversations with Peter Lanza as a starting point to discuss the challenges parents face when raising children who are fundamentally unknowable to them.

Mar 2014

Video: The Lead with Jake Tapper: Father of Newtown killer speaks out

Andrew Solomon discusses his interview with Peter Lanza with CNN correspondent Jake Tapper.

Mar 2014

Video: NBC Evening News: What Peter Lanza Wants All Parents to Know

NBC News’ National Correspondent Kate Snow speaks with New Yorker writer Andrew Solomon about his interview with Peter Lanza

Mar 2014

Video: CBS Evening News: “He would have killed me in a heartbeat”

Don Dahler talks with Andrew Solomon, who interviewed Peter Lanza, about why he decided to speak out about his son, Adam Lanza, perpetrator of the Sandy Hook School shooting.

Mar 2014

Video: Connecticut Forum: An Honest Look at Mental Illness

Andrew Solomon discusses poverty, education, and the “enormous undiagnosis” of mental illness in impoverished communities, at The Connecticut Forum event, “An Honest Look at Mental Illness.”

Mar 2014

Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network Interview with Andrew Solomon

In anticipation of the March 7 Connecticut Forum program, “An Honest Look at Mental Illness,” Andrew Solomon speaks with Hartford HealthCare Carol Vassar about stigma, depression, and his new book, Far From the Tree.

Mar 2014

Shelf Help: Interview with Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon discusses nature, nurture, parenting, disability, and his next book.

Mar 2014

The Bond That Defines Family

As each child is different and deserving of understanding, so too is every family.

Feb 2014

Far From the Tree on 2014 Wellcome Book Prize Shortlist

The judges’ panel describes Far from the Tree as “a seminal new book on how parents relate to their children: it will change the way you think about families and identity.”

Feb 2014

Far from the Tree Inspires UMC Sermon Series

Throughout January-March 2014, Reverend David Tatgenhorst of St. Luke United Methodist Church of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, is offering a series of sermons based on the topics and themes of Far from the Tree.