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Lisa Wells

(She/Her)
Seattle
As seen in: The New York Times, USA Today, BioRxiv, SoCal Water Wars, Harper's Magazine, n+1 Magazine, Granta Magazine, ORION (Podcast)
Covers:  Psychology, the environment, apocalypse, group dynamics, music.
Doesn't Cover: Technology, business.

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Lisa Wells’s Biography

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Author of BELIEVERS (FSG, 2021). Bylines in The New York Times, Harper’s, Granta, The Believer, n+1, Orion. Editor at The Volta & Letter Machine Editions.

Lisa Wells’s Journalist Portfolio

[Memoir] Nightmares at 20,000 Feet | Harper's Magazine

[Memoir] Nightmares at 20,000 Feet | Harper's Magazine

About six years ago, in Iowa, after taking off in a puddle ­jumper during a tornado, I developed a sudden and…

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I Quit My Smartphone (Published 2020)

I Quit My Smartphone (Published 2020)

Thanks to the Allen Carr technique for quitting smoking. About a year ago, I noticed a distressing tendency i…

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The Blaze

The Blaze

I persuaded my three best friends to read Ishmael, and they were similarly affected. At night we convened a k…

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On the Trouble of Bound Association | Lisa Wells | Granta

On the Trouble of Bound Association | Lisa Wells | Granta

I'd gone to see the Italian psychoanalyst in the hopes she'd help me navigate a personal crisis. But as you p…

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Oregon towns ravaged by fires

Oregon towns ravaged by fires

Opal Creek is gone. Breitenbush is burning. Silver Falls is vulnerable. These were some of the many distraugh…

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Articles

ROMO1 and Mitochondrial Complex II/SDH are Required for Spare Respiratory Capacity and Glucose Homeostasis in Mice

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By Lisa Wells, Qian Yang, Caterina Iorio, Mithusha Peragerasingam
| BioRxiv
Abstract Aims/Hypothesis: Reactive oxygen species modulator 1 (ROMO1) is a highly conserved inner mitochondrial membrane protein that senses reactive oxygen species and regulates mitochondrial dynamics. ROMO1 is required for mitochondrial fusion in vitro, and silencing ROMO1 increases sensitivity to cell death stimuli. The physiological role of ROMO1 remains unclear.
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The Enduring Allure of Pilgrimage

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By Lisa Wells
| Harper's Magazine Verified
Lisa Wells, author of Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World, explores modern pilgrimage from a secular perspective, attempting to comprehend the force of conviction that motivates someone to eschew all worldly possessions. Ann Sieben, a middle-aged pilgrim from New Jersey who has walked through conflict zones and remote wildernesses in winter with only the clothes on her back (and, more recently, a COVID pass), is Wells’s guide of sorts. In what ways does the pilgrim find freedom?
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By Kyle Paoletta, Tom Vanderbilt Verified, Lisa Wells, Franz Kafka
| Harper's Magazine Verified
[Findings] Neuropsychologists developed a shorter IQ test for children with shorter attention spans. Share [Findings] The depression-prone are less attracted to the political right. Share [Findings] The nocturnal heart rate of young men can be predicted by their female partners’ daytime feelings of intimacy or annoyance. Share [Findings] Men who pose for photos with cats are seen as less datable.
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