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Lennard Davis Argues that Obsession is Largely in the Eye of the Beholdernew

Obsession: A History is the UIC professor's study of the rise and bifurcated path of obsessive behavior as both an illness and an ideal in the modern world.
Chicago Reader  |  Deanna Isaacs  |  11-24-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: mental health, OCD, psychology, nonfiction, Lennard J. Davis, Obsession: A History, productivity

'Shyness' Shows How Shy Became Sicknew

A Northwestern Victorian lit prof investigates the psychiatric-industrial complex.
Chicago Reader  |  Deanna Isaacs  |  02-19-2008  |  Nonfiction
Tags: Christopher Lane, Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness, Nonfiction Reviews

Stuart Dybek, the Budding Geniusnew

Can the 65-year-old silence critics who say the MacArthur Foundation picks authors who are over the hill?
Chicago Reader  |  Deanna Isaacs  |  10-01-2007  |  Books

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