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About Andrew Solomon
American writer on politics, culture and psychology
Andrew Solomon is an American writer on politics, culture and psychology. He has 93 quotes on the site and has written widely across major magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Artforum, and Travel and Leisure. His work ranges across subjects such as depression, Soviet artists, the cultural rebirth of Afghanistan, Libyan politics, and deaf culture. That breadth gives his writing a distinctly public and reflective character, moving between personal and political life, culture, and mental health.
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More Depression quotes
- “An event of great agony is bearable only in the belief that it will bring about a better world. When it does…”Barbara W. Tuchman
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Books by Andrew Solomon
The Noonday Demon
2001
Far From the Tree
2012