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The New Republic | In Praise of Toni Morrison's Difficulty
The New Republic | In Praise of Toni Morrison's Difficulty
Tending to Our Wounds by Edna Bonhomme | Waterstones
Tending to Our Wounds by Edna Bonhomme | Waterstones
Finalist for the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
Finalist for the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
The Baffler | Different Strokes
The Baffler | Different Strokes
Need a date? Check Tinder. Want a ride to the airport? Use Uber. Craving an orgasm? Why not try genital stimulation?
I've been shortlisted for the Science Book of the Year in Austria (Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres)
I've been shortlisted for the Science Book of the Year in Austria (Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres)
Die Wahl zum Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres
Purchase A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX PLAGUES
Purchase A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX PLAGUES
An “incredible, humane, insightful” (Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize winner) account of humankind’s battles with epidemic disease, and their outsized role ...
A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX PLAGUES has been listed in Scientific American’s 10 Most Anticipated ‘Microhistories’ in 2025
A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX PLAGUES has been listed in Scientific American’s 10 Most Anticipated ‘Microhistories’ in 2025
A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX PLAGUES has been listed in Ms Magazine's March 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX PLAGUES has been listed in Ms Magazine's March 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
The Diasporist | Impolite Bodies
The Diasporist | Impolite Bodies
Ligia Lewis on the choreography of aesthetics, politics, and race
Public Books | “To Wither in the Same Way We Shall”
Public Books | “To Wither in the Same Way We Shall”
“The progressive and leftist organizers that I knew before think about three things: educate, organize and agitate. And that could apply to the public health students and public health people.”
The Nation | Zadie Smith: "I Say What I See"
The Nation | Zadie Smith: "I Say What I See"
A conversation with the acclaimed author about her new essay collection, Dead and Alive.
The New Republic | The Female Friendship Novel in the Era of the Group Chat
The New Republic | The Female Friendship Novel in the Era of the Group Chat
Artforum | Ibrahim Mahama’s monumental assemblages
Artforum | Ibrahim Mahama’s monumental assemblages
Ibrahim Mahama’s large-scale works confront Ghanaian history, memory, and the politics of labor.
Berlin Review Grief’s Unforgiving Schedule
Berlin Review Grief’s Unforgiving Schedule
London Review of Books | Birth Plans
London Review of Books | Birth Plans
Preliminary data published in 2021 strongly suggested that testing positive for Covid was linked to a traumatic stress...
The Guardian | Medical charlatans have existed through history. But AI has turbocharged them | Edna Bonhomme
The Guardian | Medical charlatans have existed through history. But AI has turbocharged them | Edna Bonhomme
For centuries medical charlatans were individuals selling products in a public square. Now we have the staggering, dangerous power of AI, says Edna Bonhomme, a historian of science
The Berliner | How disease shaped the modern world
The Berliner | How disease shaped the modern world
Berlin-based writer Edna Bonhomme on her book blending history, science, and criticism to show how diseases from cholera to sleeping sickness and Covid have shaped our world.
London Review of Books | How to Beat Ebola
London Review of Books | How to Beat Ebola
Uganda declared the outbreak over on 26 April. In total there had been fourteen reported cases, of whom four died and...
The New York Review of Books | Illness and Its Very Concept
The New York Review of Books | Illness and Its Very Concept
When I decided to move from Brooklyn to Berlin in 2017, I was attracted by the prospect of a medical system that would protect me from debt and premature
Salon | More than a Plague
Salon | More than a Plague
Interview on Kirkus Reviews
Interview on Kirkus Reviews
Interview on NPR's Code Switch | With measles on the rise, what we can learn from past epidemics
Interview on NPR's Code Switch | With measles on the rise, what we can learn from past epidemics
LitHub | How the Industrialization and Militarism of the Early 20th Century Helped Spread the Spanish Influenza
LitHub | How the Industrialization and Militarism of the Early 20th Century Helped Spread the Spanish Influenza
RollingStone | How Ebola Lockdowns Failed a Liberian Community
RollingStone | How Ebola Lockdowns Failed a Liberian Community
The Nation | Zora Neale Hurston’s Lost Roman Epic
The Nation | Zora Neale Hurston’s Lost Roman Epic
The Baffler | Sick, Sad World
The Baffler | Sick, Sad World
Novara Media | Did Pandemics Make the Modern World?
Novara Media | Did Pandemics Make the Modern World?
London Review of Books | Florida after Dobbs
London Review of Books | Florida after Dobbs
Los Angeles Review of Books | Abortion on Trial
Los Angeles Review of Books | Abortion on Trial
The Nation | Without Apology: Abortion in Literature
The Nation | Without Apology: Abortion in Literature
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