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Sheila Kohler

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Sheila Kohler teaches at Princeton. She is the author of many books including the memoir, Once We Were Sisters, Dreaming for Freud, Becoming Jane Eyre, and Cracks, which was made into a film with Eva Green. Her novel is "Open Secrets" published by Penguin. "Cracks" will be republished in March by Open Road.

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Recent Posts
How to Find Joy in Your Life
A film review: The brilliance of Perfect Days is that it never explains why the hero, HIrayma is cleaning toilets for a living. There is no back story or moment of revelation.
How Do We Know Who We Are?
How do we form our identity? Why do we use certain celebrities as models? Why do we try and dress like them or speak like them or act the way they do? What are the characteristics which enable people to become famous?
How to Detect a Lie
A Personal Perspective: Every time my mother began to talk of our dead father, my sister and I, as girls, would roll our eyes as if to say, "Here she goes again."
How to Discover the Origins of Crime

A Personal Perspective: Why does the young anti-hero, Raskolnikov, murder the old pawnbroker, Alyona Ivanovna in cold blood, wielding an axe?

A Personal Perspective: Why does the young anti-hero, Raskolnikov, murder the old pawnbroker, Alyona Ivanovna in cold blood, wielding an axe?

How to Beat the Blues

A Personal Perspective: When you're depressed, it's important to resist the impulse to isolate and turn inward. Taking action instead is key.

A Personal Perspective: When you're depressed, it's important to resist the impulse to isolate and turn inward. Taking action instead is key.

How to Adapt to a Changed World

A Personal Perspective: Now that things seem to be moving towards the life we once knew pre-pandemic, we realize that many things have changed irrevocably and that the world will never be the same.

A Personal Perspective: Now that things seem to be moving towards the life we once knew pre-pandemic, we realize that many things have changed irrevocably and that the world will never be the same.

How to Know if a Feeling for Someone Is Really Love

How much is ambition, a need for success, or a position in society part of love for another? Can people truly love another without some feeling of self-worth?

How much is ambition, a need for success, or a position in society part of love for another? Can people truly love another without some feeling of self-worth?

How to Make a Decision That Will Change Your Life

We must face the difficult decisions that change requires. Should we go back to the work we did before? Should we choose perhaps in mid-life a new profession, a new partner?

We must face the difficult decisions that change requires. Should we go back to the work we did before? Should we choose perhaps in mid-life a new profession, a new partner?