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Jennifer Michael Hecht

Jennifer Michael Hecht is the author of Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It.

To Live Is an Act of Courage

To Live Is an Act of Courage

The crisis of suicide among our soldiers and veterans must end. Here’s how we can stop it

by Jennifer Michael Hecht | Thursday, September 05, 2013
To Flee or Not to Flee

To Flee or Not to Flee

The stigma of failed courage

by Jennifer Michael Hecht | Wednesday, December 10, 2014
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Words and Music

Two ways of thinking about what our brains can do

by Jennifer Michael Hecht | Saturday, September 01, 2007

THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

2nd Look

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Essays From the Edge

by Patricia Hampl

F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known for his novels, which deftly revealed the cracks in the Roaring ’20s façade. Less well-known, but no less significant, are the Jazz Age author’s personal essays, which Patricia Hampl examines in this 2012 essay. Revisit it here in advance of Fitzgerald’s 125th birthday on September 24th.

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