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David Quammen’s ‘Breathless’ Is a Riveting Account of the Race to Understand SARS-CoV-2
Outside via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe acclaimed nonfiction writer talked to nearly 100 scientists to tell the story of how the virus...
An Outside Conversation with ‘Breathless’ Author David Quammen
Outside via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJoin us for a live Zoom Q and A with the acclaimed science writer and longtime Outside contributing...
David Quammen predicted the pandemic in ‘Spillover.’ His new book ‘Breathless’ tracks the race...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDavid Quammen was right. That’ll be chiseled someday into his gravestone. For much of 2020, the great contemporary science writer — whose career started in Chicago more than 50 years ago, in ...
Unraveling the Causes of the Pandemic, and Preparing for the Next
Yale Environment 360 via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDavid Quammen was one of the first science writers to report on the spillover of viruses from wildlife to humans. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he talks about what scientists now ...
Covid: The Microbe That Changed the World
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCovid: The Microbe That Changed the World Author photo: Louise Johns On New Year’s Eve 2019, as midnight revelers watched the ball drop in Times Square,...
The 10 Best Books of 2022
Outside via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis article originally appeared on Outside Survival can be beautiful. At least that's the message from our chilling, funny, and ultimately big-hearted...
The endless — and potentially harmful — debate over COVID’s origins
Yahoo News 360· 1 year ago“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. What’s happening The...
DiPentima: Why SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 are here to stay. And what we must do about it.
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe COVID-19 pandemic is still very much with the world, as being witnessed by the huge number of...
Gayl Jones, Tommie Smith among National Book Award finalists
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGayl Jones' “The Birdcatcher,” a short, lyrical novel about a writer's trip to Ibiza and the gifted,...
Literary festival goes international but keeps Southwestern roots
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 6—To acclaimed Irish author Colum McCann, storytelling can be "an act of radical empathy." His 2020 book Apeirogon focuses on a bond between an Israeli and Palestinian father and, similarly ...