Episode 169: Roberta Kwok on Finding Her Book's Perfect (and Risky) Opening Paragraph

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Episode 169: Roberta Kwok on Finding Her Book's Perfect (and Risky) Opening Paragraph

Christie Aschwanden

Jul 23, 2026

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“I did go through kind of an existential crisis at one point,” says science writer Roberta Kwok, talking about the decision she made when writing the first paragraph of her book, LOST IN CURIOSITY: Field Notes From Scientists’ Adventures into the Unknown. In this bonus episode of Emerging Form, we talk about how Roberta wrested with the strongest, most …

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