When the Pandemic Leaves Us Alone, Anxious and Depressed
We are in a dual crisis of physical and mental health. But there are ways to head off breakdowns.
Apr 2020
Articles by Andrew Solomon: All Articles
Feb 2020
Angstalgia
Feelings of acute nostalgia for a time to which you would dread to return.
Nov 2019
In defense of Harold Bloom
He was the best teacher I ever knew: visionary, generous of spirit and willing to place his students’ strivings on the same level as his own insights.
Oct 2019
How Moving to France and Having Children Led a Black American to Rethink Race
He epitomizes a conundrum, viewing himself as part of multiple societies to which he has incomplete claims.
Sep 2019
The Dignity of Disabled Lives
The burden of being perceived as different persists. The solution to this problem is community.
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
Points of Entry: Writers on the Border
There is no greater cruelty than to deprive a parent of his or her child.
Jun 2019
The First New York Pride March Was an Act of ‘Desperate Courage’
It wasn’t always feathers, floats and celebrities.
Dec 2018
New Family Values
Allowing people more latitude in deciding what makes a family runs parallel to allowing them to determine what makes a person. It enables the blossoming of respect for all ...
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.
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