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b'Robin Marantz Henig, the author of nine books, writes about science and medicine for The New York Times Magazine.\\n\\n \\u201cI have my moments of thinking, \\u2018Well, why is this still so hard? Why do I still have to prove myself after all this time?\\u2019 If I were in a different field, or if I were even on a staff, I\\u2019d have a title that gave me more respect. I still have to wait just as long as any other writer to get any kind of response to a pitch. I still have to pitch. Nothing is automatic, even after all these years of working at this.\\u201d\\n\\nThanks to MailChimp, Johnson & Johnson, and Audible.\\n\\nShow Notes:\\n@robinhenig\\nrobinhenig.com\\nHenig on Longform\\n[2:00] "The Mastermind" (Evan Ratliff \\u2022 The Atavist Magazine \\u2022 Mar 2016)\\n[06:00] Vaginal Politics (Quadrangle Books \\u2022 1972)\\n[12:00] Writer\\u2019s Market 2016: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published (Robert Lee Brewer \\u2022 Writer\\u2019s Digest Books \\u2022 2015)\\n[17:00] The Longform Guide to Nurses\\n[16:00] The Myth of Senility: The Truth About the Brain and Aging (Anchor Press \\u2022 1981)\\n[18:00] Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment (Martin Seligman \\u2022 Free Press \\u2022 2002)\\n[19:00] "AIDS: A New Disease\\u2019s Deadly Odyssey" (New York Times Magazine \\u2022 Feb 1983)\\n[20:00] "The Deadly Spread of AIDS" (Claudia Wallis \\u2022 Time \\u2022 Sep 1982) [sub req\'d]\\n[23:00] "The Genome in Black and White (and Gray)" (New York Times Magazine \\u2022 Oct 2004)\\n[27:00] "Racing With Sam" (New York Times Magazine \\u2022 Jan 2005)\\n[30:00] "A Life-or-Death Situation" (New York Times Magazine \\u2022 Jul 2013)\\n[32:00] "The Last Day of Her Life" (New York Times Magazine \\u2022 May 2015)\\n[36:00] "The Mysteries of Miscarriage" (Washington Post \\u2022 Jul 1990)\\n[36:00] "If \\u2018Modern Bride\\u2019 Is a Has-Been, What Does That Make Me?" (Slate \\u2022 Oct 2009)\\n[40:-0] "Visible Bra Straps" (USA Today \\u2022 Jun 1998)\\n[41:00] "What Is It About 20-Somethings?" (New York Times Magazine \\u2022 Aug 2010)\\n[41:00] Twentysomething: Why Do Young Adults Seem Stuck? (with Samantha Henig \\u2022 Hudson Street Press \\u2022 2012)\\n[43:00] "Semi-Charmed Life" (Nathan Heller \\u2022 New Yorker \\u2022 Jan 2013)\\n[47:00] "If You Have Dementia, Can You Hasten Death As You Wished?" (Shots \\u2022 Feb 2015)\\n[52:00] "Crossing Over: How Science Is Redefining Life and Death" (National Geographic \\u2022 Apr 2016)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'