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Press: Interviews


Jul 2013

Video: University of Michigan Depression Center

Andrew Solomon speaks at a fundraising event for the University of Michigan Depression Center.

Jun 2013

Video: Living with Unique Children

Andrew Solomon talks to Weekend Sunrise hosts Samantha Armytage and Andrew O’Keefe about how parents connect with their unique children.

Jun 2013

Video: Andrew Solomon on The Colbert Report

Stephen Colbert welcomes Andrew Solomon on Season 9, Episode 79 of The Colbert Report.

Jun 2013

Rob Neufeld on Andrew Solomon’s Book, Talk on Autism

Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity… one can already say is a landmark work in world culture.

Apr 2013

Andrew Solomon Wins Lukas Book Prize

The judges described Solomon’s book as “a tour de force of heart, head, shoe leather, and terrific writing, gives us a moving and deeply nuanced mural of the American family today.”

Apr 2013

“An Exquisite and Profound Love”: An Interview with Andrew Solomon

William James describes us as all “dogs at the feet of God.” I don’t understand what the nature of God is. But I do have the feeling that I’m at some feet, and lucky to be there.

Apr 2013

The Heartbreaking Realization of Parental Love

This is ultimately a book that strikes to the heart of parenthood itself — that no-holds-barred, real, live, messy human connection, and the ways it is forged, broken, healed, and held.

Mar 2013

A Killer in the Family

“I think they spoke to me because they wanted to ensure that Dylan was known with his nuances, as someone who was capable of kindness, himself, even though he ultimately engaged in a terrible act.”

Mar 2013

Mint: Q&A with Andrew Solomon

The journalist and academic on how people with differences make for a richer and better society.

Mar 2013

Q&A With “The Noonday Demon” Author Andrew Solomon

Depression is fundamentally a disease of loneliness… knowing others have been through the same things can be very helpful.