Sonia Shah

The Fever

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Early reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews

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Both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, whose reviews inform the purchases of bookstore buyers, have nice words for The Fever. PW calls the book “fascinating, mordant” and “absorbing,” while Kirkus calls it a “sobering account” with “important lessons.” Excuse me for focusing unduly on the praise. I should add that they both also give typically concise summaries of the book, which should prove useful for interested readers. The full reviews are here (Publishers Weekly) and here (Kirkus).

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My op-ed in this weekend's Los Angeles Times–a "death sentence"?

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An op-ed I wrote about a forbidden topic–the fact that many rural Africans do not want to sleep under the bednets we donate to them–appeared in this weekend’s Los Angeles Times. A prominent malariologist had this to say about it: “Excellent story – finally someone that dares to speak up. Mind you, your death sentence has been signed in Geneva by publishing this. You’ll be hated by the die-hard believers of nets…” Perfect. That’s the kind of feedback that makes me feel like I’m doing my job. Check it out on this site, or at LA Times. Also, in honor of last week’s World Malaria Day, see my article on greener methods of malaria control at Yale e360, and my blog post on the folly of square bednets for round huts at Ms. Magazine.

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Early praise for The Fever

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Some very much appreciated early praise for The Fever! Bart Knols had this to say:

“Extremely well-researched, The Fever provides a highly gripping account of one of mankind’s worst diseases…Highly recommended.”

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NYT features malaria slide show

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Woodcut from Hortus Sanitatis, 1491

The Malaria Consortium is putting on a 8-week exhibition of photographs featuring malaria at the UN headquarters in New York in advance of World Malaria Day on April 25. This weekend, the New York Times featured a selection of the photos, with a brief article on the history of the scourge.

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Introducing…"The Fever"

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So my new book is now officially titled, “The Fever: How Malaria Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years.” Hoowee! Meanwhile I’m working on a new piece on emerging infections from animals (called “zoonoses”), such as Ebola, Nipah virus, Hanta and West Nile. It’ll be appearing in a cool new online enviro magazine called “e360” which features some of my favorite writers–Carl Zimmer, Elizabeth Kolbert and others. Check it out at e360.com

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Finally done writing!

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Thrilled to announce that my new book on the political history of malaria has been completed and is slated to come out from Farrar, Straus & Giroux in the late spring of 2010! Check here for more details, forthcoming. Tentative title: “The Half-Million Year Fever: The Story of Malaria.” Got a better idea? Email me at sonia@soniashah.com.

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