The best American science and nature writing 2021 /
The best American science and nature writing 2021 /
Ed Yong, editor.
- New York : Mariner Books, [2021]
- xxv, 388 pages ; 21 cm.
- Best American series. .
- Best American series. .
This overlooked variable is the key to the pandemic / They say Coronavirus isn't airborne--but it's definitely bourne by air / The difference bettween feeling safe and being safe / I'm an ER doctor in New York. None of us will ever be the sake / The Covid drug wars that pitted doctor vs. doctor / The soft butch that couldn't (or: I got Covid-19 in March and never got better) / What happened in Room 10? / It's not too late to save Black lives / The scramble to pluck 24 billion cherries in eight weeks / Rabbit fever / An atlas of the cosmos / Periwinkle, the color of poison, Modernism, and dusk / The unsung heroine of lichenology / Happiness won't save you / Out there, nobody can hear you scream / The empty space where normal once lived / This is how we live now / What the Coronavirus means for climate change / River of time / Fish out of water / Cancel earthworms / Long may they reign / A toxic secret lurks in deep sea / SpaceX is taking over a tiny Texas neighborhood / The friendship and love hospital / The last children of Down Syndrome / Zeynep Tufekci -- Roxanne Khamsi -- Amanda Mull -- Helen Ouyang -- Susan Dominus -- Heath Hogan -- Katie Engelhart -- Julia Craven -- Brooke Jarvis -- Susan Orlean -- Shannon Stirone -- Katy Kelleher -- Sabrina Imbler -- Jennifer Senior -- Latria Graham -- Bathsheba Demuth -- Emily Raboeau -- Meehan Crist -- Namwali Serpell -- Maya L. Kapoor -- Julia Rosen -- Nora Caplan-Bricker -- Rosanna Xia -- Marina Koren -- Jiayang Fan -- Sarah Zhang.
"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.
9780358400066 0358400066
COVID-19 (Disease)
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Essays.
Creative nonfiction.
QH45.5 .B47 / 2021
500
This overlooked variable is the key to the pandemic / They say Coronavirus isn't airborne--but it's definitely bourne by air / The difference bettween feeling safe and being safe / I'm an ER doctor in New York. None of us will ever be the sake / The Covid drug wars that pitted doctor vs. doctor / The soft butch that couldn't (or: I got Covid-19 in March and never got better) / What happened in Room 10? / It's not too late to save Black lives / The scramble to pluck 24 billion cherries in eight weeks / Rabbit fever / An atlas of the cosmos / Periwinkle, the color of poison, Modernism, and dusk / The unsung heroine of lichenology / Happiness won't save you / Out there, nobody can hear you scream / The empty space where normal once lived / This is how we live now / What the Coronavirus means for climate change / River of time / Fish out of water / Cancel earthworms / Long may they reign / A toxic secret lurks in deep sea / SpaceX is taking over a tiny Texas neighborhood / The friendship and love hospital / The last children of Down Syndrome / Zeynep Tufekci -- Roxanne Khamsi -- Amanda Mull -- Helen Ouyang -- Susan Dominus -- Heath Hogan -- Katie Engelhart -- Julia Craven -- Brooke Jarvis -- Susan Orlean -- Shannon Stirone -- Katy Kelleher -- Sabrina Imbler -- Jennifer Senior -- Latria Graham -- Bathsheba Demuth -- Emily Raboeau -- Meehan Crist -- Namwali Serpell -- Maya L. Kapoor -- Julia Rosen -- Nora Caplan-Bricker -- Rosanna Xia -- Marina Koren -- Jiayang Fan -- Sarah Zhang.
"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.
9780358400066 0358400066
COVID-19 (Disease)
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Essays.
Creative nonfiction.
QH45.5 .B47 / 2021
500