Meet the Editor: Karen Darling, Executive Editor
October 17th, 2017
Karen Darling, Executive Editor
Subjects: Science studies (history, philosophy, and social studies of science, medicine, and technology
Series: science.culture, Synthesis
Karen Darling created this book poem for our Chicago feature. A genre for book lovers and poets-at-heart of all ages, book spine poems comprise the titles in the book stack, read top to bottom. About her poem, Karen says, “in my experience everyone who works to bring books into our hands brings their own, authentic interests and curiosity to the job, and the whole cycle from idea to book-read is enriched for it.”
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