Daily Dose

From The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, by Andrew Solomon

CHECKING

"Checking for depression among the indigent is like checking for emphysema among coal miners."

From Chapter IX, Poverty

Daily Dose

From Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, by Andrew Solomon

PRODIGIES

"Prodigies are not covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act; there is no federal mandate for gifted education."

From Chapter VIII, Prodigies

A Caricature