Podcast Episodes featuring Daphne Merkin

Re-release: Daphne Merkin is "This Close to Happy"

Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady - April 18, 2018 18:58 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 335 ratings
Daphne Merkin opens up about her battles with depression and offers advice on supporting loved ones struggling with the disease as we welcome the paperback release of her acclaimed memoir. This is a fascinating conversation with the novelist and critic you won't want to miss. Learn more about you...

Daphne Merkin with Christa Hillstrom

Town Hall Seattle Arts & Culture Series - August 21, 2017 05:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Drawing from a lifetime of treatment for clinical depression, author Daphne Merkin has contributed a number of essays for The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine trying to sort out the root causes of her affliction. In This Close to Happy, she recounts the experiences of growing up in a l...

Ep 14: Daphne Merkin is "This Close to Happy"

Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady - February 22, 2017 05:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 335 ratings
Daphne Merkin is a novelist, critic, contributor to the New York Times, Elle and Tablet Magazine. As Roxanne puts it, Daphne "can write about pocket-books and lipstick and then sound like she has a PhD in Philosophy." The New York native recently opened up to Roxanne about her long-awaited memoir...