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Podcast: Allusions: LGBTQ Writing
Episode: Joseph Osmundson - Virology: Essays for the Living, the Dead, and the Small Things in Between
Description: Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Literary HubA leading microbiologist tackles the scientific and sociopolitical impact of viruses in eleven striking essays.Invisible in the food we eat, the people we kiss, and inside our own bodies, viruses flourish―with the power to shape not only our health, but our social, political, and economic systems. Drawing on his expertise in microbiology, Joseph Osmundson brings readers under the microscope to understand the structure and mechanics of viruses and to examine how viruses like HIV and COVID-19 have redefined daily life.Osmundson’s bu...