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Articles by Andrew Solomon: All Articles


Dec 2015

On Gay Parenting

Children confiscate your mask, leaving you far more exposed than lovers can.

Nov 2015

Stop Racist Violence in Poland!

If Wroclaw wants to aspire to become a European Capital of Culture, and not a “KuKluxKland,” it must quickly come to terms with this disgrace.

Nov 2015

Book Review: Dear Mr. You

“Dear Mr. You” reminds us what a glorious business life can be even at its worst, if you can tug it into the right frame of view.

Oct 2015

The Myth of the ‘Autistic Shooter’

Failing to intuit certain aspects of other people’s inner experience does not equate to disdain for human life.

Sep 2015

Tea with Oliver Sacks

Sacks was not made uncomfortable by what unnerves most of us.

Jul 2015

That Familiar Foe, Fifteen Years Later

Each of us grows and changes, and so our relationship to our own depression has likewise altered.

Jun 2015

What’s the Best Sense?

Intelligent Life asked seven writers for their answer to this question. Here's Andrew Solomon's.

May 2015

Which Chopstick Is the Fork?

We are not lesser but we are not the same.

May 2015

Unbearable: The Secret Sadness of Pregnancy With Depression

Pregnant women often fear taking the antidepressants they rely on. But not treating their mental illness can be just as dangerous.

May 2015

On the Move, by Oliver Sacks

With “On the Move,” Sacks has finally presented himself as he has presented others: as both fully vulnerable and an object of curiosity.