Rachel Aviv

Rachel Aviv is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she writes about psychology, medical ethics, and criminal justice, among other subjects. She is a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing and the winner of a George Polk Award and a National Magazine Award. Her 2022 book, Strangers to Ourselves, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times bestseller, and her most recent book is You Won’t Get Free of It. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. 

Rachel Aviv

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