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Kristin Ohlson

Freelance

Kristin Ohlson is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, and New Scientist, among others. Her latest book is The Soil Will Save Us (2014). She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Written by Kristin Ohlson

Black-and-white photo of two men in dark suits and a woman in a wedding dress sitting on chairs in a waiting room with blank expressions.

essayEthics

A touch of evil

Lying, cheating and arrogance might be morally repugnant, but a little dose of nastiness can be a creative thing

Kristin Ohlson

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essayChildhood and adolescence

The great forgetting

Our first three years are usually a blur and we don’t remember much before age seven. What are we hiding from ourselves?

Kristin Ohlson

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essayIllness and disease

Unravelling man

Bipolar disorder can rage through life like a hurricane. So why does the US healthcare system leave us to cope alone?

Kristin Ohlson