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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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The Future of Neurodiversity

June 24, 2015 / Kate Edgar / News

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…

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Love, Lunacy and a Life Well Lived

May 29, 2015 / Kate Edgar / News

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…

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The Many Lives of Oliver Sacks

April 28, 2015 / Kate Edgar / News

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!

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On the Move is here!

April 7, 2015 / Kate Edgar / News

    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…

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On the Move: A New Memoir by Oliver Sacks

April 1, 2015 / Kate Edgar / News

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…

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All Hands on Board!

December 2, 2014 / Kate Edgar / News

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…

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Ginkgos!

November 15, 2014 / Kate Edgar / News

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…

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Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness

May 6, 2014 / Kate Edgar / News

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…

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Women and Education

March 11, 2014 / Kate Edgar / News

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…

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Wonders Large and Small

January 2, 2014 / Kate Edgar / News

  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…

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Thank you, readers!

November 19, 2013 / Kate Edgar / News

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!              …

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Freedom to Read

September 25, 2013 / Kate Edgar / News

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…

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On Turning 80

July 18, 2013 / Kate Edgar / News

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…

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Write On!

June 27, 2013 / Kate Edgar / News

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…

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