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Writers

Oliver Sacks

Science

Speak, Memory

On the fallibility of memory.

Oliver Sacks New York Review of Books Jan 2013 15min Permalink

Arts

The Catastrophe

Tracking Spalding Grey’s descent towards suicide.

Oliver Sacks New Yorker Apr 2015 15min Permalink

Science

A General Feeling of Disorder

A treatment for liver cancer gives the writer a fresh perspective on illness – and wellness.

Oliver Sacks New York Review of Books Apr 2015 10min Permalink

Science

The Mental Life of Plants and Worms, Among Others

Do jellyfish have minds?

Oliver Sacks New York Review of Books Apr 2014 15min Permalink

Arts Science Music

The Abyss

On life with amnesia and the role that music plays in memory.

Oliver Sacks New Yorker Sep 2007 30min Permalink