Jul 2018
Andrew Solomon joins veteran radio host Joan Hamburg to discuss Rachel Dretzin’s new documentary, Far from the Tree, based on Solomon’s best-selling Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity.
Jul 2018
Author Andrew Solomon and director Rachel Dretzin join New York Public Library president Tony Marx onstage after a preview screening of Dretzin’s new documentary, Far from the Tree, based on Solomon’s award-winning book, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity.
Jul 2018
Andrew Solomon talks to TODAY Show host Megyn Kelly about coming out as gay to his parents, and about the new documentary Far from the Tree.
Jul 2018
“The biggest difficulty of being a little person,” Stramondo notes, “isn’t our bodies, but it’s other people’s response to them.”
Jul 2018
“I had to say to myself, ‘Is my child only worthwhile if he’s a superstar? Or is it alright to be a plain ordinary person with Down syndrome, or with a disability? Is it okay to be who you are?’ And that was my fundamental challenge.”
Jul 2018
On the occasion of his 42nd birthday, and to mark his continued incarceration and ongoing hunger strike, writers from around the world read excerpts from Oleg Sentsov’s “Testament.”
Jul 2018
Many dream of traveling the world, but what do you do when you actually get there?
May 2018
In this lecture, Andrew distinguishes between love and acceptance, illustrated by the lives of families with exceptional children who are very different from their parents.
Apr 2018
“In a moment when the value of diversity is being questioned on a national stage, this is a film full of beautiful truths and enduring hope.”
Apr 2018
Andrew Solomon talks to WBHM host Gigi Douban about his book, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, and about depression and strategies for coping with it.
