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This was before the time of lithium and Zoloft

before mood stabilizers and anxiolytics

and almost all the psychotropic drugs, but not before thorazine,

which the suicide O’Laughlin called “handcuffs for the mind.”

Susana Osinaga Robles is the nurse who washed Che’s corpse. She’s a small woman of seventy-four with wavy hair and swollen legs. Her story begins on October 9, 1967, in Vallegrande, a town lost in the far reaches of eastern Bolivia. Those...

Inspiration comes from the unlikeliest of places.

Bernardo Atxaga draws a line between theft and homage in his delightful “Obabakoak.”

The year’s best mistakes, Lawerence Weschler’s mysterious power, the merits of literary prizes, and more.

With a new logo and layout, we’re slimming down the magazine without dropping a word.

J. Hoberman weighs in Steven Soderbergh’s epic biopic of Che.

Ecce homo: Ernesto, Fuser, The Argentine, The Heroic Guerrilla, The Shadowy Power Behind Fidel Castro, The Great Compañero, The New Socialist Man, The Last Armed Prophet, The Most Complete Human Being of Our Age, The Clearest, Most...

A new study concludes that medical residents are dangerously overworked. But is the healthcare field willing—or able—to change?

The economics of writing have required some of the most celebrated authors to maintain a 9 to 5 job.