Goodbye to my old friend John Sedgwick, a whirlwind of charm, sparkle, genius, and mischief. He once wrote, with penetrating self-awareness, "I was the life of the party, even when there was no party." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...
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A ‘Family Disease’ Stalked the Sedgwicks. He Hoped to Escape It.
The writer John Sedgwick was born into an illustrious family, but privilege was only part of the story.