A history of loneliness
- Written by Amelia S. Worsley, Assistant Professor of English, Amherst College
Edward Hopper's 'Office in a Small City' (1953).Gandalf's Gallery, CC BY-NC-SA
Is loneliness our modern malaise?
Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says the most common pathology he saw during his years of service “was not heart disease or diabetes; it was loneliness.”
Chronic loneliness, some say, is like “smoking 15...