Video: How Do Gay Children of Straight Parents Build Their Gay Identity?
Andrew Solomon speaks to The Guardian about the development of gay identity in young people.
Feb 2013
Andrew Solomon speaks to The Guardian about the development of gay identity in young people.
Feb 2013
Solomon uses the example of deaf children and cochlear implants to illustrate how the line between what should be fixed and what shouldn’t is often far from clear.
Feb 2013
Dianne Masucci discusses “Far from the Tree” with 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award nominee Andrew Solomon.
Feb 2013
Anne McElvoy talks to Andrew Solomon about his monumental study of modern identity.
Feb 2013
Andrew Solomon speaks to Madhu Trehan about acceptance, coming out, accepting the “child you have”, Rumi, parenting difficult or different children, and more.
Jan 2013
A panel of experts tackles the question, “Has the traditional nuclear family has had its day?”
Jan 2013
Readings from Far from the Tree and The Noonday Demon, and panel discussions “Literature of Love and Longing,” and “The Jewish Novel.”
Jan 2013
Andrew Solomon discusses “Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity” at the New York Society Library, January 15, 2013.
Dec 2012
Andrew Solomon discusses the connection between illness and identity, and touches on some specific interviews and situations explored in “Far from the Tree.”
Dec 2012
Andrew Solomon joins Fresh Air host Terry Gross to discuss his book, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity.