I Feel Love (book)
I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World is a 2023 nonfiction book by American author Rachel Nuwer.[1][2][3] The book "examines groundbreaking new research that demonstrates that MDMA ... may allow those suffering from PTSD, addiction and anxiety to reconnect to a social world from which their ailments have separated them".[4] Kirkus Reviews called it "an illuminating, myth-free exploration of mental health from a unique perspective".[5] Publishers Weekly said it was "a nuanced, well-researched" book that "will enrich the cultural, legal, and medical conversation around drugs."[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rachel Nuwer's "I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World"". Los Angeles Review of Books (book review). 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ Demopoulos, Alaina (2023-06-27). "CIA experiments, Mormon ravers and reformed racists: the untold history of MDMA". The Guardian (book review). ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ Frederick, Robert; Dolgin, Elie; Blustein, Dan; Guerrero, Francisco J.; Aziz-Zadeh, Lisa; Sutherland, Stephani; Fieseler, Clare; Alex, Bridget; Case, Elizabeth (2023-06-02). "Summer reading 2023 In a Flight of Starlings: The Wonders of Complex Systems, Giorgio Parisi, Penguin Press, 2023, 144 pp. I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World, Rachel Nuwer, Bloomsbury, 2023, 384 pp. Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses, David Scheel, Norton, 2023, 320 pp. The Hidden History of Code-Breaking: The Secret World of Cyphers, Uncrackable Codes, and Elusive Encryptions, Sinclair McKay, Pegasus, 2023, 400 pp. Thinking with Your Hands: The Surprising Science Behind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts, Susan Goldin-Meadow, Basic Books, 2023, 272 pp. The Madwomen of Paris: A Novel, Jennifer Cody Epstein, Ballantine Books, 2023, 336 pp. Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe, Aomawa Shields, Viking, 2023, 352 pp. The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods, Greg King, PublicAffairs, 2023, 480 pp. The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth, Elizabeth Rush, Milkweed Editions, 2023, 424 pp". Science. 380 (6648): 888–893. doi:10.1126/science.adi7361. ISSN 0036-8075.
- ^ Perelmuter, Federico (August 10, 2023). "Psychotropics help us map our minds. They might also bring us together". The Washington Post (book review).
- ^ "I FEEL LOVE", Kirkus Reviews (book review), April 15, 2023
- ^ "I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World by Rachel Nuwer", Publishers Weekly (book review), June 1, 2023, retrieved 2023-12-01
Further reading
[edit]- "The history and potential of MDMA", 1A (author interview (streaming audio)), NPR, June 29, 2023