Cover of Ed Yong's book I Contain Multitudes. Subtitled The Microbes within Us and a Grander View of Life. Cover has illustrations of some colorful science=y things that I can not identify and also mentions that Yong has won the Pulitzer and that this book was a NYT Bestseller

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   Jessamyn (jessamyn@glammr.us)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Aug-2026 12:44:23 JST Jessamyn

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   Book 54: I Contain Multitudes. Ed Yong is, of course, a treasure. I had somehow not read this book when it came out in 2016 and even though some of it may be outdated (though I don't know which parts) it was still a fascinating read about the various ways in which microbes define a lot of the things around us, and in fact define us in many ways. I really enjoyed the plan talking way he was able to describe pretty heavy science-y stuff, always answering the "Why would I care?" parts first.