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Life Begins at 60
Frie­da Birnbaum
Essay

Get­ting Old Can Kill You

Rita Lakin brings her 25 years of expe­ri­ence work­ing in tele­vi­sion — the sub­ject of her mem­oir, The Only Woman in the Room: Episodes in My Life and Career as…
Rita Lakin
October 19, 2015
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Wise Aging: Liv­ing with Joy, Resilience and Spirit
Rachel Cowan and Linda Thal
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Jew­ish Wis­dom for Grow­ing Older
Dayle A. Friedman
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I’ve Got Some Good News and Some Bad News: YOU’RE OLD
David Bern­stein
Cover of Lighter As We Go: Virtues, Character Strengths, and Aging
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Lighter As We Go: Virtues, Char­ac­ter Strengths, and Aging
Mindy Green­stein
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Inter­view: Roz Chast

by Tah­neer OksmanTah­neer Oks­man spoke to Roz Chast about her recent­ly pub­lished book Can’t We Talk About Some­thing More Pleas­ant.Tah­neer Oks­man: What com­pelled you…
Tah­neer Oksman
August 13, 2014
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The New Senior Woman: Rein­vent­ing the Years Beyond Mid-Life
Thel­ma Reese
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Redefin­ing Moments: End of Life Sto­ries for Bet­ter Living
Cather­ine Zacks Gildenhorn
Cover of I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50
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I See You Made an Effort: Com­pli­ments, Indig­ni­ties, and Sur­vival Sto­ries from the Edge of 50
Annabelle Gur­witch
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Sex After…: Women Share How Inti­ma­cy Changes as Life Changes
Iris Kras­now
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I’m New at Being Old
Lucy Rose Fischer
Essay

When 50 Hap­pens to Good Peo­ple: Part Two

Actress, author, and activist Annabelle Gur­witch is the author of two books—You Say Toma­to, I Say Shut Up and Fired!—and the e‑book sin­gle Autumn Leaves (avail­able…
Annabelle Gur­witch
May 30, 2013
Essay

When 50 Hap­pens to Good Peo­ple: Part One

Actress, author, and activist Annabelle Gur­witch is the author of two books—You Say Toma­to, I Say Shut Up and Fired!—and the e‑book sin­gle Autumn Leaves (avail­able from…
Annabelle Gur­witch
May 28, 2013
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The Priv­i­lege of Aging
Patri­cia Got­tlieb Shapiro
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Com­ing of Age: My Jour­ney to the Eighties
Madeleine Kunin
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