The Noonday Demon (RM's Recs, Ep. 4)

Both Andrew Solomon’s The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression and its predecessor, his wildly popular article in The New Yorker, are outstanding examples of how to discuss a mental illness with the care and depth it deserves. Rather than focus solely on personal experiences or the science behind depression, Solomon explores both and then some. He covers the philosophical, biological, personal, social, and various other dimensions of what living with depression is truly like, all the while finding ways to articulate the struggles that words often fail to encapsulate. After a brief introduction to a similar story, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, this episode focuses on The Noonday Demon and Solomon’s most profound quotes.

This is another installment in “RM’s Recs,” a series of episodes about the book recommendations made by RM of BTS!