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…
ENGAGE WITH US:
Gratitude
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…
The Future of Neurodiversity
Don’t miss this: Steve Silberman previews his book on the hidden history of autism, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, in this riveting TED talk, just released. Since June is independent bookseller…
Love, Lunacy and a Life Well Lived
Dr. Sacks’ new book, On the Move, was released last month to rave reviews, and made it onto the New York Times bestseller list! Thanks to Maria Popova at Brain Pickings for her thoughtful…
The Many Lives of Oliver Sacks
Who is Dr. Oliver Sacks?? All of the above! These stories and more in On the Move–on sale now–including 32 pages of photos. Please tell your friends!
On the Move is here!
The first advance copy of Dr. Sacks’s new book, On the Move, has just arrived from the printer! Here is one happy author: We thank you all deeply for…
On the Move: A New Memoir by Oliver Sacks
Yes, this is how Oliver Sacks rolled in 1961 (in Greenwich Village on his BMW). We are thrilled to announce that his new memoir, On the Move, will be published in…
All Hands on Board!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be completely unable to communicate with others … for your entire life? This four-minute film is a must-see. In Seeing Voices, Dr. Sacks…
Ginkgos!
Dear Readers, In early June, Dr. Sacks went to a 100th birthday party for his cousin Marjorie Kenyon in Jerusalem. She reminisced about his antics as a “young whippersnapper,” and about her own…
Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness
We have a couple of great websites to recommend. Lucy Winer’s award-winning documentary Kings Park: Stories from an American Mental Institution is, Dr. Sacks says, “a brave, compelling look at the life…
Women and Education
If you’ve read Uncle Tungsten, Dr. Sacks’s memoir of his boyhood, you may remember that his grandparents Marcus and Chaya Landau, who raised eighteen children at the turn of the twentieth…
Wonders Large and Small
Small wonder: Moss microscopy by Magdalena Turzanska January 1, 2014 Dear Friends, Only a week or two ago, it was warm enough in New York City for Dr. Sacks to…
Thank you, readers!
This Thanksgiving, we thank you, dear readers, for your support. And since Thanksgiving is time for pie, here’s one of our favorites: Octo-pie! …
Freedom to Read
What do Rachel Carson, J. R. R. Tolkien, Aldous Huxley, William Styron, Toni Morrison, Galileo, Mark Twain, Judy Blume and Madeleine L’Engle have in common?They all wrote great books—books which…
On Turning 80
The last few weeks have been exciting! Hallucinations just came out in paperback in the US and UK, and is already on the New York Times bestseller list. Dr. Sacks turned 80…
Write On!
Forty years ago today, the first edition of Awakenings was published in England. It was the second book by a little-known doctor, Oliver Sacks (the first was Migraine), and it told the extraordinary…
Ending the Stigma of Mental Illness
President Obama, marking National Mental Health Awareness Month, has called for an end to the shame and stigma attached to mental illness. As activist Elyn Saks puts it, “there is…
Now Hear This!
April 3 is our good friend Jane Goodall’s birthday—happy gold (79) birthday to you, Jane! If you are interested in hearing Jane Goodall speak, please visit her website. Also this month there are…
“Words, words, words.”
Dr. Sacks has just returned from a three-day visit to the University of Warwick, where he gave a lecture on the importance of the case history in medicine—and saw the Royal…
Bill T. Jones, New York Live Arts announce Oliver Sacks festival
Today, New York Live Arts announces their first annual festival of arts and ideas in New York City, a series called Live Ideas. The inaugural festival, from April 17-21, 2013, is…