Rachel Aviv's profile of Oliver Sacks is deeply sad but exceptionally good https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/15/oliver-sacks-put-himself-into-his-case-studies-what-was-the-cost

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what a fascinating book, a legit page turner about mental health in cultural context, told through diverse personal narratives. what does it mean that we pathologize social problems onto individuals? how can we understand what it means to be crazy while living in crazy oppressive societies? sensitive, poetic, insightful, original, important stuff

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Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv #StrangersToOurselves #RachelAviv #RecycleBookstore #SanJose

@hunkabilly I haven’t tried her books yet, but need to add one to my 2023 list to branch out a little more. What’s your favorite? Just finished The Winners by #fredrikbackman this morning, now onto Strangers to Ourselves by #rachelaviv