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The best American science and nature writing 2021 / edited and with an introduction by Ed Yong.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Best American series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Literary collections.
- Science.
- Nature--Literary collections.
- Nature.
- COVID-19 (Disease).
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.
- Medicine in Literature.
- Science in Literature.
- COVID-19.
- Medical Subjects:
- Medicine in Literature.
- Science in Literature.
- COVID-19.
- Genre:
- Literary collections.
- Creative nonfiction.
- Essays.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 388 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Mariner Books, [2021]
- Summary:
- "The stories I have chosen reflect where I feel the field of science and nature writing has landed, and where it could go," Ed Yong writes in his introduction. "They are often full of tragedy, sometimes laced with wonder, but always deeply aware that science does not exist in a social vacuum. They are beautiful, whether in their clarity of ideas, the elegance of their prose, or often both." The essays in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing brought clarity to the complexity and bewilderment of 2020 and delivered us necessary information during a global pandemic. From an in-depth look at the moment of the virus's outbreak, to a harrowing personal account of lingering Covid symptoms, to a thoughtful analysis on how the pandemic will impact the environment, these essays, as Yong says, "synthesize, evaluate, dig, unveil, and challenge," imbuing a pivotal moment in history with lucidity and elegance." --back cover.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: This Overlooked Variable Is The Key To The Pandemic
- From The Atlantic
- They Say Coronavirus Isn't Airborne-but It's Definitely Borne By Air / Zeynep Tufekci
- From Wired / Zeynep Tufekci
- The Difference Between Feeling Safe And Being Safe / Roxanne Khamsi
- From The Atlantic / Roxanne Khamsi
- I'm An Er Doctor In New York. None Of Us Will Ever Be The Same / Amanda Mull
- From The New York Times Magazine / Amanda Mull
- The Covid Drug Wars That Pitted Doctor vs. Doctor / Helen Ouyang
- From The New York Times Magazine / Helen Ouyang
- The Soft Butch That Couldn't (Or: I Got Covid-19 In March And Never Got Better) / Susan Dominus
- From Autostraddle / Susan Dominus
- What Happened In Room 10? / Heather Hogan
- From California Sunday Magazine / Heather Hogan
- It's Not Too Late To Save Black Lives / Katie Engelhart
- From Slate / Katie Engelhart
- The Scramble To Pluck 24 Billion Cherries In Eight Weeks / Julia Craven
- From The New York Times Magazine / Julia Craven
- Rabbit Fever / Brooke Jarvis
- From The New Yorker / Brooke Jarvis
- An Atlas Of The Cosmos / Susan Orlean
- From Longreads / Susan Orlean
- Periwinkle, The Color Of Poison, Modernism, And Dusk / Shannon Stirone
- From The Paris Review Daily / Shannon Stirone
- The Unsung Heroine Of Lichenology / Katy Kelleher
- From JSTOR Daily / Katy Kelleher
- Happiness Won't Save You / Sabrina Imbler
- From The New York Times / Sabrina Imbler
- Out There, Nobody Can Hear You Scream / Jennifer Senior
- From Outside Online / Jennifer Senior
- The Empty Space Where Normal Once Lived / Latria Graham
- From The Atlantic / Latria Graham
- This Is How We Live Now / Bathsheba Demuth
- From New York Magazine/The Cut / Bathsheba Demuth
- What The Coronavirus Means For Climate Change / Emily Raboteau
- From The New York Times / Emily Raboteau
- River Of Time / Meehan Grist
- From The New York Times Magazine / Meehan Grist
- Fish Out Of Water / Namwali Serpell
- From High Country News / Namwali Serpell
- Cancel Earthworms / Maya L. Kapoor
- From The Atlantic / Maya L. Kapoor
- Long May They Reign / Julia Rosen
- From The Atavist / Julia Rosen
- A Toxic Secret Lurks In Deep Sea / Nora Caplan-Bricker
- From The Los Angeles Times / Nora Caplan-Bricker
- SpaceX Is Taking Over A Tiny Texas Neighborhood / Rosanna Xia
- From The Atlantic / Rosanna Xia
- The Friendship And Love Hospital / Marina Koren
- From The New Yorker / Marina Koren
- The Last Children Of Down Syndrome / Jiayang Fan
- From The Atlantic / Jiayang Fan.
- ISBN:
- 9780358400066
- 0358400066
- OCLC:
- 1224246999
- Publisher Number:
- 99989105593
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