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KCUR Central Standard: Loneliness and Isolation June 2019

In a five-part series, KCUR's Health Reporter Alex Smith, explores the mental and physical health effects of loneliness and social isolation. Here is a list of resources on loneliness, isolation, and social anxiety. Memoirs, novels, graphic literature, films, and music have all addressed this universal condition.

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22 items

  • The Lonely City

    Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

    Laing, Olivia,
    BookNew York : Picador, 2016. — 700.19 LAING
  • BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. — FICTION HARUF
  • Uninvited

    Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely

    TerKeurst, Lysa
    BookNashville : Thomas Nelson, [2016] — 248.86 T31U 2016
  • DVDUniversal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2003] — DVD FEATURE L
  • BookLas Vegas, NV : Amazon Pub., c2012. — 155.92 R14J 2012
  • The Lonely American

    Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century

    Olds, Jacqueline
    BookBoston : Beacon Press, c2009. — 302.5 O44L
  • DVDSanta Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001] — DVD FEATURE S
  • DVDBurbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2008]
  • Loneliness

    Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection

    Cacioppo, John T., 1951-2018
    BookNew York : Norton, c2008. — 155.9 C11L
  • Alone Together

    Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other

    Turkle, Sherry
    eBookNew York : Basic Books, [2011] — E-BOOK (OVERDRIVE)