Iona Italia

Iona Italia is the Managing Editor of Quillette. She is the author of two books: Anxious Employment and Our Tango World. She also co-hosts the Quillette podcast and writes creative non-fiction.

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A New Year’s Message from the Managing Editor

The watchwords for this year are clarity and calm.

Iona Italia

31 Dec 2024 · 6 min read

The Women of 7 October

In that moment, time stood still. There was no context, no history, no argument, no discourse. There was only pain.

Iona Italia

7 Oct 2024 · 4 min read

Old photo of explorers on a boat in Antarctica in front of an iceberg.

Stoicism: A Life-Changing Philosophy

Stoicism is a workout that builds emotional strength, a caulking of the timbers to enable us to weather the coming storms—a preparation we make precisely because the ocean voyage is so rewarding.

Iona Italia

27 Sep 2024 · 23 min read

In Praise of Negativity Bias

It’s the things and people that offer pushback that make personal achievement possible and meaningful. It’s the knots that drive us to comb.

Iona Italia

1 Jul 2024 · 5 min read

A childhood photo of Rob Henderson in a humble living room, smiling in front of a Christmas tree.

Imposing Order on Grief

Rob Henderson's 'Troubled' is a disjointed book, but provides valuable testimony to the importance of a stable childhood.

Iona Italia

22 May 2024 · 23 min read

The Extraordinary Life of Tom Nash

“The deep end is the best place to learn to swim.”

Iona Italia

17 Oct 2023 · 19 min read

Ending the Hunger Games

New pharmaceuticals appear to offer a genuine solution to the problem of excess appetite, that uncontrollable urge to eat more than we need to that keeps so many of us fat.

Iona Italia

7 Sep 2023 · 25 min read