Natality: Toward a Philosophy of Birth

Anna Katharina Schaffner is a cultural historian and a coach. She is the author of Exhaustion: A History (Columbia University Press, 2016) and The Art of Self-Improvement: Ten Timeless Truths (Yale University Press, 2021). Her journalism has appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, Psychology Today, AEON and PSYCHE.

Anna Katharina Schaffner

The Greatest Power We Have: On Jennifer Banks’s “Natality”

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

Philosophy &amp; Religion

"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag." — Patti Smith

Gender &amp; Sexuality

Anna Katharina Schaffner is a cultural historian and a coach. She is the author of Exhaustion: A History (Columbia University Press, 2016) and The Art of Self-Improvement: Ten Timeless Truths (Yale University Press, 2021). Her journalism has appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, Psychology Today, AEON and PSYCHE.