The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion

In his preface to A Man for All Seasons, playwright Robert Bolt describes Sir Thomas More as "a man with an adamantine sense of his own self." "He knew where he began and left off," Bolt writes, "what areas of himself he could yield to the encroachments of his enemies and what to the encroachments … Continue reading The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion

Memoir as Medicine: Recommended Recollections for Summer Reading

I love book lists.  On the other hand, I don't. I love them because I'm always looking for my next read, but lists of "must-reads" can also bring me down. There's never enough time to read everything I want to; I'm still missing out on the "essential reads" of a lifetime and I don't want … Continue reading Memoir as Medicine: Recommended Recollections for Summer Reading