News & Events
News & Events
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 [...]
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