In the following review, Christiansen offers a mixed assessment of Seeing Voices.
Oliver Sacks begins his book [Seeing Voices] by issuing several disclaimers: he isn't deaf, he doesn'...
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In the following essay, Hunter analyzes the dichotomy of the nurturing doctor/doctor as authority figure in Sacks's work.
Hold the physician in honor for he is essential to you, and God it w...
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In the following interview, Sacks discusses his interest in disease and treatment, his writing process, and the influence of W. H. Auden on his life and work.
[Lazar]: One thing that comes up in yo...
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In the following essay, Diamond finds The Island of the Colorblind an insightful and well-written “account of patients with two neurological disorders but also of island plants, islands as labo...
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In the following review, Hanlon argues that “despite the charm of much of its narrative and the fluidity of its prose, Island of the Colorblind remains little more than another travel account o...
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In the following essay, Cassuto explores Sacks's representation of the disabled, arguing that he tends to imbue his case studies with aspects of the freak show.
The historic problem in repre...
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In the following interview, Cochran identifies the search for truth as the central concern of Sacks's writings.
At first, the famous neurologist and author Oliver Sacks hangs back like a shy...
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In the following essay, Christ offers a brief profile of Sacks's life and literary career.
A man walks into a bar carrying a spectroscope. The punch line? There isn't one—this ...
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In the following essay, Wiltshire provides a survey of Sacks's writings and attributes his success to his “capacity to turn deficits into wonders.”
‘Neurology's F...
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In the following essay, McRae traces the origins of Sacks's “neurology of identity,” a term given to his treatment of neurological patients as individuals.
It is impossible not...
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With No Country For Old Men's cinematic debut it was perhaps inevitable that bookstores would see a surge of popular interest in the already-popular work of Cormac McCarthy. And in the East Villag...
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Like an ambassador from an alien land populated with smarter, taller and richer blond bombshells, Louise T. Blouin MacBain stood behind a podium in a Columbia University auditorium. She asked the a...
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Every year, as the hangovers from the holiday benefit season begin to wear off, the Museum of Natural History throws open its doors to the fluttery creatures of the junior-society set for its annua...
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Judge a Neighborhood By Its Bookstores! St. Mark's Bookshop Best-Seller List Heavy on Cormac, Comics
Critical Review by John B. Christiansen
