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David Brown

David Brown, a journalist and a physician, was a staff writer for The Washington Post from 1991 to 2013.

A Tall Order

A Tall Order

Rehabbing a century-old grain elevator

by David Brown | Saturday, August 07, 2021
Future Fears

Future Fears

How a 19th-century writer and polymath anticipated the modern world

by David Brown | Tuesday, July 06, 2021
The Rollout We Deserve

The Rollout We Deserve

Our tolerance for piecemeal health care has led to the Covid-19 vaccination mess

by David Brown | Saturday, February 20, 2021
Pandemic Preparation

Pandemic Preparation

How ready was the government for what everyone knew was coming?

by David Brown | Friday, June 12, 2020
Mysterious Inheritance

Mysterious Inheritance

A new biography of the founder of population genetics

by David Brown | Tuesday, June 02, 2020
Orwell’s Last Neighborhood

Orwell’s Last Neighborhood

While envisioning the darkest of futures and grappling with mortality, the English writer retreated to an idyllic Scottish isle to write Nineteen Eighty-Four

by David Brown | Monday, March 04, 2019
Opioids and Paternalism

Opioids and Paternalism

To help end the crisis, both doctors and patients need to find a new way to think about pain

by David Brown | Tuesday, September 05, 2017
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Two of a Kind

A postwar friendship

by David Brown | Thursday, September 05, 2013
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What’s Wrong (and Right) with Science Journalism

Remarks to the University of Iowa on October 8, 2008, for the Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry

by David Brown | Tuesday, September 01, 2009

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Finding Your Voice

by Larry Woiwode

The novelist and short-story writer Larry Woiwode, whose 1975 book Beyond the Bedroom Wall was one of the most acclaimed works of fiction of the era, died recently in North Dakota. He lived in the state for nearly 45 years, writing and working on his organic farm. He also served, for many years, as the poet laureate of North Dakota. In our Summer 2019 issue, Woiwode remembered his development as a writer—and how he ultimately came to find his voice.

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