MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
By Andrew Soloman, The New Yorker, March 17, 2014 issue and available online now
[....] Since the shootings, Peter has avoided the press, but in September, as the first anniversary of his son’s rampage approached, he contacted me to say that he was ready to tell his story. We met six times, for interviews lasting as long as seven hours [....]
Interview subjects usually have a story they want to tell, but Peter Lanza came to these conversations as much to ask questions as to answer them. It’s strange to live in a state of sustained incomprehension about what has become the most important fact about you. “I want people to be afraid of the fact that this could happen to them,” he said. It took six months after the shootings for a sense of reality to settle on Peter. “But it’s real,” he said. “It doesn’t have to be understood to be real.” [....]
Comments
Never used meds again after having a bad reaction to trial of Lexapro at age of 14; page 3:
The article is excellent in giving a perspective on severe autism, especially how the problems can complicate as they age. In Adam's case there was this crucial important complication of that illness, among many others; page 4:
In this case, meds that would have made him more communicative (if such a thing could be found) may have made it possible to unveil other problems. Talk would not work without that, because he couldn't communicate.
The balance of the story is riveting and frightening, a tale of a tortured mother in denial, most probably in need of psychological help herself, and a father and brother who presumed their attempts to reach out were rejected because of severe autism/Asperger's, so they could not know how Adam was changing.
by artappraiser on Tue, 03/11/2014 - 12:54am
Good article. I'm glad Peter is talking...
by Peter Schwartz on Tue, 03/11/2014 - 9:18am
if such a thing could be found)
I believe in the infinite redemptive power of lysergic acid...
Also, MDMA will make you talkative
Ayahuasca just can't be beat for scaring the shit outta a prospective shooter
Parenthetically, I always thought that Carlos Casteneda forever earned his cred as a truthteller when he reported that his reaction to watching Don Juan jump off a cliff and fly was to shit in this pants...(that's what I'd do...)
by jollyroger on Wed, 03/12/2014 - 4:21am
by artappraiser on Thu, 03/13/2014 - 9:16pm