Archive for February, 2011

Helen Epstein’s thoughtful review/essay on “The Fever” in this month’s Harper’s

AIDS journalist Helen Epstein takes on malaria politics in this month’s Harper’s magazine, in a long and thoughtful review essay on The Fever. It’s enough to make a gal re-subscribe (which I just did!)

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Huntingdon, PA

February 21, 2012. 7:30 pm. “The Fever.” Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA.

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My review of “Never Let Me Go” in The Lancet

A strange and lovely film, which I reviewed for The Lancet. Check it out here. It’s worth watching just for the “wabi-sabi,” that is, the Japanese principle of finding beauty in transient and imperfect things, which animates the film. It’s an original for sure: a sci-fi romance about organ transplantation  starring Hollywood A-listers such as [...]

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New story on cholera and the climate

My report on cholera’s deep links to the climate–and the ongoing controversy over the origins of the ongoing outbreak of cholera in Haiti–appears in this week’s Yale Environment 360. Check it out here.

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Picador’s paperback edition of ‘The Fever” this June

Coming this June, Picador’s paperback edition of ‘The Fever,’ complete with spiffy new cover. Keep an eye out!

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