acks ▁was ▁called ▁" the ▁man ▁who ▁mist ook ▁his ▁patients ▁for ▁a ▁literary ▁career " ▁by ▁British ▁academic ▁and ▁dis ability ▁rights ▁activ ist ▁Tom ▁Shakespeare , ▁and ▁one ▁critic ▁called ▁his ▁work ▁" a ▁high - brow ▁fre ak ▁show ". ▁S acks ▁respond ed , ▁" I ▁would ▁hope ▁that ▁a ▁reading ▁of ▁what ▁I ▁write ▁shows ▁respect ▁and ▁appreci ation , ▁not ▁any ▁wish ▁to ▁expose ▁or ▁exhib it ▁for ▁the ▁thr ill ▁... ▁but ▁it ' s ▁a ▁del icate ▁business ." ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁The ▁Mind ' s ▁E ye , ▁O ax aca ▁Journal , ▁On ▁the ▁Move ▁( his ▁second ▁aut obi ography ), ▁and ▁many ▁articles ▁in ▁The ▁New ▁York er ▁and ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Review ▁of ▁Books . ▁ ▁Before ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁S acks ▁founded ▁the ▁Oliver ▁S acks ▁Foundation , ▁a ▁non pro fit ▁organization ▁established ▁to ▁increase ▁understanding ▁of ▁the ▁brain ▁through ▁using ▁narr ative ▁non f iction ▁and ▁case ▁histor ies , ▁with ▁goals ▁that ▁include ▁publishing ▁some ▁of ▁S acks ' s ▁un pub lished ▁writ ings , ▁and ▁making ▁his ▁vast ▁amount ▁of ▁un pub lished ▁writ ings ▁available ▁for ▁scholar ly ▁study . ▁His ▁first ▁post hum ous ▁book , ▁" R iver ▁of ▁Cons cious ness ", ▁an ▁anth ology ▁of ▁his ▁ess ays , ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁ess ays ▁in ▁" R iver