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Watch a Clip From the Oliver Sacks Documentary

September 25, 2019 / Kate Edgar / News

We are very excited to announce that Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, a Ric Burns documentary on the life and work of Oliver Sacks,  premiered last week at the Telluride Film…

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Contribute to an Oliver Sacks Biography!

July 9, 2019 / Kate Edgar / News

  Dear readers, Happy July 9th (the 86th anniversary of Oliver Sacks’s birth)! We are very excited to announce that Laura J. Snyder has begun working on the definitive biography of Oliver…

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Parkinson’s Awareness Month and More

April 22, 2019 / Kate Edgar / News

  Did you know that Oliver Sacks once bought a house during a swim around New York’s City Island? He lived there for over twenty years. In his upcoming essay…

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A New Oliver Sacks Book and Photos From the Archive

April 22, 2019 / Kate Edgar / News

Everything in Its Place, the final collection of essays by Oliver Sacks, will be available on April 23, 2019. Publishers Weekly calls it “a treat for the chronically curious.” They write:…

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A new Oliver Sacks book is on the way!

December 8, 2018 / Kate Edgar / News

  We are proud to announce a final collection of essays–many never before published, coming your way on April 23, 2019! Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales,…

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Celebrating Oliver Sacks’s Birthday

July 9, 2018 / Kate Edgar / News

Oliver loved to celebrate his birthday, July 9. He would start the day with a swim, and then we would round up the usual suspects and throw a party with…

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The Animated Mind of Oliver Sacks — a film in progress

June 19, 2018 / Kate Edgar / News

Oliver Sacks’s animated mind is becoming an animated film, and we hope you will be a part of it! Dempsey Rice, the filmmaker who brought us so many fascinating interviews…

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Creativity Depends on Openness to Change

December 9, 2017 / Kate Edgar / News

How we wish Dr. Sacks were still alive to see the glorious reviews for his new book, The River of Consciousness. In this week’s New York Times Book Review, Nicole Krauss writes: “In…

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A New Oliver Sacks Book! and two live events

September 29, 2017 / Kate Edgar / News

Two weeks before his death in August 2015, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the last book he would oversee in detail, and charged three of…

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Remembering Bob Silvers

April 3, 2017 / Kate Edgar / News

Last week we lost the legendary, irreplaceable Robert B. Silvers at the age of 87. In a 2010 interview with New York Magazine, Oliver Sacks was asked, “Who is your…

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Insomniac City

January 31, 2017 / Kate Edgar / News

We at the Sacks office are thrilled to share with you some advance praise for Bill Hayes’s gorgeous memoir of his life with Oliver Sacks, Insomniac City, whose official publication date is…

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Our Favorite Books of 2016

December 7, 2016 / Kate Edgar / News

Looking for the perfect gift, or just some enlightenment? As 2016 draws to a close, we’d like to share with you some of our favorite books of the year.  …

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Remembering Oliver Sacks

August 29, 2016 / Kate Edgar / News

  Dear Friends, As we mark the one-year anniversary of Dr. Sacks’s death on August 30, we are grateful for your messages of support, and for the fact that his…

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A Mind-Opening Film

July 21, 2016 / Kate Edgar / News

A few days ago we had an opportunity to see “Life, Animated,” which opens around the country this weekend. Exquisitely crafted, this film introduces us to Owen Suskind: handsome (not…

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Awakening the Mind: World Science Festival Tribute to Oliver Sacks

April 26, 2016 / Kate Edgar / News

We are thrilled to announce an upcoming tribute to the remarkable life and work of Dr. Oliver Sacks produced by the World Science Festival. Dr. Sacks, a longtime contributor to the Festival, will…

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On the Move — again!

February 24, 2016 / Kate Edgar / News

Our good friend Steve Silberman (“Neurotribes”) recently listed his five favorite books on autism for FiveBooks.com. He adds this observation about Dr. Sacks’s work: “Oliver was interested not just in studying…

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Days of Gratitude

December 14, 2015 / Kate Edgar / News

Happy holidays and greetings from the Oliver Sacks Foundation! It has been a remarkable year, one of sadness and joy, but above all, thankfulness for Dr. Sacks’s full and remarkable life….

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Announcing “Gratitude”

October 25, 2015 / Kate Edgar / News

We are proud to announce the upcoming publication of a new book by Dr. Sacks: titled Gratitude, it brings together in one volume four gemlike essays written over the last two…

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A Life Well Lived

August 30, 2015 / Kate Edgar / News

Oliver Sacks died early this morning at his home in Greenwich Village, surrounded by his close friends and family. He was 82. He spent his final days doing what he…

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Gratitude

August 14, 2015 / Kate Edgar / News

Dr. Sacks has greatly enjoyed reading your letters, emails, and guestbook comments. Your stories, appreciations, memories (to say nothing of afghans, salmon, gefilte fish, artworks, photographs, and music) are what…

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  • Parkinson’s Awareness Month and More
  • A New Oliver Sacks Book and Photos From the Archive
  • A new Oliver Sacks book is on the way!

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