Category: Harvard University

I Never Wrote the Most Important Story I Ever Wrote, Part 6

Part 1 of this essay may be found here. Part 2 of this essay may be found here. Part 3 of this essay may be found here. Part 4 of this essay may be found here. Part 5 of this essay may be found here. Early in Chapter 7 (Reading Is Fundamental) of my Interrogating … Continue reading I Never Wrote the Most Important Story I Ever Wrote, Part 6 →

Matt Berger Baltimore, Boston, Depression, Harvard University, Interrogating Memory, Maine, My life, Philadelphia Flyers, Relationships, Romance, Valentine's Day, Waffle House, Writing 6 Comments June 19, 2022March 20, 2023 16 Minutes

When Failure Is Success…And Vice Versa

It was likely in 2001 – though it may have been just after I moved into my new apartment in the Philadelphia suburb of King of Prussia in February 2003 – I received this handsome piece of engraved metal from my more off-than-on-again girlfriend. When I first read the question, I tried earnestly answer it … Continue reading When Failure Is Success…And Vice Versa →

Matt Berger Alternative history, Book Publishing, Boston University School of Public Health, Careers, Harvard University, Interrogating Memory, My life, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Phillies, Probability, Romance, Writing, Yale University 6 Comments July 21, 2021November 20, 2021 15 Minutes

Two posts diverged…though not in a yellow wood

This post began as the seventh in the “organizing by themes” series, the one that would contain annotated links to my posts related to epidemiology, epistemology, public health and career changes. THAT post may be found here. When I started writing, though, I realized that I was telling the full back story of my adult … Continue reading Two posts diverged…though not in a yellow wood →