Words from the Margins

August 29, 2018 5:00 PM

“Every day a word surprises me,” he once commented, beaming, apropos of nothing other than that a word had suddenly popped into his head. Often this happened while swimming — “ideas and paragraphs” would develop as he backstroked, after which he’d rush to the dock or pool’s edge to get the words down on paper"--Oliver Sacks, recounted by his partner, Bill Hayes. Also, Hayes shares Sacks' marginalia. Silberman tweets about one. And an upcoming film.
posted by Stanczyk (3 comments total)

Radiolab also did a lovely episode about Sacks in his final days.
posted by Ursula Hitler at 7:06 PM on August 29, 2018 [1 favorite]

I loved Insomniac City.
posted by esker at 7:13 PM on August 29, 2018

Thank you, this is lovely. Added Insomniac City to my reading list.
posted by ellieBOA at 3:57 AM on September 14, 2018