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Luke Dittrich is a contributing editor at Esquire. His new book is Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets.\n\n \u201cAs soon as I told [my mom] that I got my first book deal for this story about Patient H.M., her first words were, \u2018Oh no.\u2019 That was sort of her gut reaction to it because, I think, she knew at a certain level that I was going to be dredging up very painful stories. And I think at that point even she didn\u2019t know the depth of the pain that some of the stories that I was going to find were going to lay out there.\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp, EA SPORTS FIFA 17, Squarespace, Wunder, and Audible for sponsoring this week's episode.\nDittrich on Longform\n[2:15] Longform Podcast #66: Andy Ward\n[2:45] "The Brain That Couldn\u2019t Remember" (New York Times Magazine \u2022 Aug 2016)\n[4:15] "Possessed" (Atlanta Magazine \u2022 Nov 2003) [Google Books]\n[4:15] "The Red Zone" (Atlanta Magazine \u2022 Jul 2004) [Google Books]\n[4:30] Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets (Random House \u2022 2016)\n[12:00] "The Brain That Changed Everything" (Esquire \u2022 Oct 2010)\n[13:30] The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell \u2022 Pocket Books \u2022 1977)\n[16:00] Egypt Today\n[20:15] journalismjobs.com\n[18:15] Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story (John Berendt \u2022 Vintage Books \u2022 1999)\n[19:15] "Pageants Are My Life" (Oxford American \u2022 May 2001) [sub req\u2019d]\n[24:00] "H.M., an Unforgettable Amnesiac, Dies at 82" (Benedict Carey \u2022 New York Times \u2022 Dec 2008)\n[32:30] "A Book Examines the Curious Case of a Man Whose Memory Was Removed" (Seth Mnookin \u2022 New York Times \u2022 Aug 2016)\n[37:15] "Faculty at MIT and beyond respond forcefully to an article critical of Suzanne Corkin" (MIT News Office \u2022 MIT News \u2022 Aug 2016)\n[37:45] "Questions & Answers about \u2018Patient H.M.\u2019" (Medium \u2022 Aug 2016)\n[43:00] "Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die" (Esquire \u2022 Sep 2007)\n[43:00] "The Prophet" (Esquire \u2022 Jul 2013)\n[46:30] Chris Hansen\u2019s new \u201cpredator\u201d project\n[47:00] "Esquire Article on Eben Alexander Distorts the Facts" (Robert Mays \u2022 International Association For Near Death Studies \u2022 Aug 2013)\n[48:45] Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon\u2019s Journey into the Afterlife (Eben Alexander \u2022 Simon & Schuster \u2022 2012)\n[50:45] "'Heavenly Father!' 'I love you all!' 'I love everyone!' 'Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!' 'I love all of you!'" (Esquire \u2022 Sep 2011)\n[51:30] "Chuck Berry Goddamn!" (Esquire \u2022 Dec 2011)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices