“Depression, truth be told, is both boring and threatening as a subject of conversation.” So writes Daphne Merkin in her essay on depression in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. As someone who has struggled with depression and anxiety off and on (and, lately, fortunately, it’s been mostly off), Merkin’s […]
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
It is difficult not to make conjectures about Nicholas Hughes’s death, given the history of his famous parents. As they–Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes–were “called” to writing, Nicholas Hughes was called to studying fish, something he did with zeal for at least two decades. In this NY Times article, we […]
Estimated reading time: 50 seconds
