Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy

MARCH 27, 2008 THURSDAY AT 3PM CT

 


  Eric Wilson tried jogging, yoga, tai chi, Frank Capra movies, and finally decided to embrace his gloominess and write a diatribe against the quintessentially American pursuit of happiness -– buoyed up by Prozac and shopping malls, the mass of men lead lives of shallow happiness, the superior man exults in his gloom. Which one are you?

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  • Eric Wilson, author of "Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy"
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