Meghan O’Rourke

Writer, poet and author of “The Invisible Kingdom; Reimagining Chronic Illness.” O’Rourke has been writing about long COVID-19 for The Atlantic and Scientific American

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Essayist and poet; her most recent book is "The Long Goodbye," an account of mourning in America today. 

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Author Meghan O’Rourke explains her decade-long quest for a diagnosis to a mystery illness that left her feeling like her “body was made of sand and head was full of fog.”

An unknown illness and the search for a cure

Author Meghan O’Rourke explains her decade-long quest for a diagnosis to a mystery illness that left her feeling like her “body was made of sand and head was full of fog.”

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