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Daphne Merkin

Daphne Merkin is a novelist, essayist, and memoirist. She has written a memoir about depression, This Close to Happy, and is the author, most recently, of 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love.

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August 11, 2023
Daphne Merkin
Sinéad O’Connor Remained True to Herself at All Costs
From the beginning of her career to the end, she refused to cave in to the machinery of fame.
March 9, 2023
Daphne Merkin
Aftersun, Close, and the Triumph of the Small
Films from Charlotte Wells and Lukas Dhont aim for intimate, almost imperceptible moments of connection rather than a grand affirmation.
February 8, 2021
Daphne Merkin
The Human Factor Tallies the What Ifs of Israel-Palestine Peace Talks
Dror Moreh’s new documentary is an intimate study of the talks’ top negotiators and what they missed.
September 3, 2019
Daphne Merkin
Cold Case Hammarskjöld’s Artful Paranoia
How do you investigate a vast international intrigue in a culture that is overloaded with conspiracy theories?
September 10, 2018
MagazineDaphne Merkin
Who Gets to Be a Nobel Prize Winner?
"The Wife" exposes the inequality in a famous novelist’s marriage.
July 5, 2018
MagazineDaphne Merkin
Sobriety Art
How Leslie Jamison rejected the link between creativity and alcoholism
April 14, 2010
Daphne Merkin
Lovers, Not Victims

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