The PEN Pod: Mental Health & the Outbreak
Andrew Solomon and Stephen Fee discuss the national debate over the risks of social isolation and its consequences for mental health.
Mar 2020
Press: Interviews
Mar 2020
Andrew Solomon Interview: “Gays are just like any other human being”
Homosexuality has undergone a significant change in the way it is socially regarded… Writer Andrew Solomon emphasizes that the change was preceded by decades of activism.
Feb 2020
Video: A Discussion on Depression
Andrew Solomon talks about depression in kids and families and when to get help.
Nov 2019
Audio: So-Called Normal: Andrew Solomon Conversation with Mark Henick
Andrew Solomon discusses his experiences of depression, coming out to his family, and the making of the book and documentary “Far from the Tree,” with mental health advocate Mark Henick.
Oct 2019
Revista Marie Claire: Andrew Solomon on Depression, Inclusion, Intolerance, Censorship, Family, and Parenthood
The documentary… [is] a call to a real exercise of empathy and tolerance and to the transforming power of love, especially in parent-child relations.
Oct 2019
Video: Nexo: What I learned from Depression: Interview with Andrew Solomon
Nexo’s Antonio Mammi interviews American author Andrew Solomon on the relationship between depression and family.
Oct 2019
Longe da Árvore: Andrew Solomon on Parenting, Love, and Diversity
The message of the book and the movie is that differences that are stigmatized have their own beauty. If you are able to look at them the right way, you can find great meaning in the experiences of all these different ways of being different.
Sep 2019
Video: Andrew Solomon Discusses His Work at Itaú Cultural
Cris Bartis and Juliana Wallauer of Mamilos Podcast talk to Andrew Solomon about his research, and about the documentary “Far From the Tree,” now playing in Brazil.
Sep 2019
BBC News Brasil: Andrew Solomon on depression, difference, and the documentary Longe da Árvore
“The goal of the book, and I hope it works, is that people who do not know these lives and experiences can know, and read, and have more sympathy for them.”
Sep 2019
Folha de São Paulo: ‘Tenho menos esperança hoje do que antes’, diz escritor Andrew Solomon
“The kind of families I wrote about that are in the movie are the ones that destroy the cruelty of the world piece by piece, day by day.”
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