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This is fresh air.

I'm Terry Gross.

If you've ever had trouble sleeping, you know that the more you worry about not being able to fall asleep, the more likely you are to keep staying awake.

So, what do you do?

Pills?

Therapy? Meditation? Or just learn to accept that you'll feel like a zombie the next day? My guest, Jennifer, Sr., knows this feeling.

She suddenly went from sleeping through the night to suffering from insomnia. That started about 25

years ago, and she was 29. Senior is a staff writer at the Atlantic magazine, so she eventually decided to write an article about her own insomnia and the latest science surrounding sleep and insomnia.

She interviewed some of the top sleep researchers.

Her article in the new issue of the Atlantic is titled, Why Can't

Americans Sleep? Insomnia has become a public health emergency. It's on the Atlantic website.

The Newsstand Edition will be available July 15th. Her article in the Atlantic about grief,

love, loss, and memory won a Pulitzer Prize. She also won two National

Magazine Awards. She spent five years at the New York Times as a book critic and opinion columnist

and 18 years at New York Magazine. She's also the author of the book All Joy and No Fun,

The Paradox of Modern Parenthood. Jennifer Sr., welcome back to fresh air.

Thank you so much for having me. It's wonderful to be here. It's wonderful to have you. As

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