“A message in a bottle to the tristes and isolatos and lonelyhearts of the world. [Deming] is trying to write himself out of isolation, and in doing so, he is offering readers the gift of connection…Brave and intelligent. ”
Reviews & Commentary
Scott Stossel on This Exquisite Loneliness: The American Scholar: Connect or Die
Charles Foster on This Exquisite Loneliness: TLS: Solitary Confinement
Reviews of This Exquisite Loneliness: Psychology Today; Wall Street Journal; Kirkus Reviews; Library Journal; publishersweekly.com
Interviews with Richard Deming
“Exploring and Writing about Loneliness” in Writer’s Digest
“‘Exquisite loneliness’: Yale writer reflects on isolation and creativity” in YaleNews
Richard Deming on Boy George, Bowie, and Not Feeling Alone ‹ Literary Hub (lithub.com) (listen to the conversation on First Draft)
Podcasts
Richard Deming on the Loneliness and You Podcast
Richard Deming on First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing (read the text at Literary Hub)