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Todd Meyers

@totomcgee.bsky.social

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Anthropologist. Teaches at McGill University, Social Studies of Medicine. New book, GONE GONE (Duke University Press, 2025)

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Jul 31

In "Homesick," Nicholas Shapiro examines the US government's distribution of over 120,000 toxic trailers following Hurricane Katrina, their devastating health effects, and the need to create new forms of accountability and change. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/MiN6Otd

Cover of Homesick by Nicholas Shapiro. A small white mobile home is at the center of cover image, with a single window and a pipe protruding from its base. The scene is quiet and minimal, with gravel and asphalt in the foreground and large trees framing the background. The title “Homesick” appears in large, minimalistic serif text across the bottom, with the author’s name in smaller capital letters beneath it.

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Remarque Institute @remarquenyu.bsky.social · Jun 2

Watch @totomcgee.bsky.social speak on Gone Gone, in conversation with @meghanor.bsky.social at the Remarque Institute last month.
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Todd Meyers on his book, Gone Gone

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Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social · May 17

Still coming down from my conversation about GONE GONE with Meghan O’Rourke at the NYU Remarque Institute this past Wednesday. @dukepress.bsky.social

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Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social · May 5

Incredible list. And thanks for including Gone Gone!

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · May 5

The @nytimes.com says @totomcgee.bsky.social 's new book "Gone, Gone" is a stand-out among many books on the opioid crisis. Molly Young says it's "the first account I’ve found that must be respirated rather than read. Effortlessly intricate."
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Cover of Gone Gone by Todd Meyers. Cover has an image of a variety of fruits, flowers, and cigarettes. The title in written in a large font in all capital letters, sideways across the cover. The author's name is written to the right of the title, sideways in all capital letters.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · May 5

I've updated this list of great books on global health!

New authors include: @adamjkucharski.bsky.social @rutgerbregman.com @carolinelenette.bsky.social @totomcgee.bsky.social Thomas Homer-Dixon, Don McNeil, Raina MacIntyre, @murray-journo.bsky.social

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If you had to read one book on global health...

If there is 1 book that you would like all global health students to read, it would be.....? Here is an impressive list of over 450 books generated by this question on Twitter!

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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · May 4

Big congrats to @totomcgee.bsky.social for this profile of his fantastic, important, and harrowing new book Gone Gone from @dukepress.bsky.social!

2 Books to Read Instead of Meditating

A gentle and clever comic novel; a poetic and tender essay on addiction.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Apr 30

May brings author events with @burrata.bsky.social , @aestheticspolitics.bsky.social , @drbrowne.bsky.social , @alexispauline.bsky.social , @jennrnajera.bsky.social , @totomcgee.bsky.social , @azeiderman.bsky.social , & @michellehsho.bsky.social . Hope you can attend some of them! buff.ly/fNYWRXg

Covers of Bangkok after Dark, The Politics of Collecting, A Sense of Arrival, Unruly Comparison, Learning to Lead, Gone, Gone, Artery, and Emergent Genders, arranged in a 4x4 grid.

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Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social · Apr 30

So happy you’ll be there!

Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thanks @stuartelden.bsky.social for the shout out!

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · Apr 30

Todd Meyers ( @totomcgee.bsky.social), Gone Gone - @dukepress.bsky.social, March 2025
www.dukeupress.edu/gone-gone

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Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social · Apr 23

So so so so excited about this book: www.dukeupress.edu/the-visual-a... @dukepress.bsky.social

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Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social · Apr 22

Book launch prep for May 7th @healthsciences.mcgill.ca social studies of medicine! @dukepress.bsky.social

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Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social · Apr 18

In the wild! (at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal) @dukepress.bsky.social

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Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social · Apr 5

My review of Maggie Nelson’s wonderful new book, Pathemata Or the Story of My Mouth (Wave Books, 2025) in The Lancet: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · Apr 4

📖 Explore the full issue: tinyurl.com/2n48s97a

The Lancet, 05 April 2025, Volume 405, Issue 10485, Pages 1119-1202

Explore the current issue of The Lancet, a world leading medical journal published weekly since 1823

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Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social · Apr 2

I wish I could report that there are plans for audiobooks, but nothing yet…

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McGill News Magazine @mcgillnewsmag.bsky.social · Apr 1

In his new book Gone Gone, McGill professor Todd Meyers goes beyond the headlines about the opioid crisis to movingly convey the grief of those who have lost loved ones to overdose deaths mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/sharing-the-...

Sharing the stories of those left behind

In his new book, McGill professor Todd Meyers conveys the grief felt by those who have lost loved ones to opioid overdoses.

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Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social · Mar 28

“Here is a new language for grief, for tragedy, for the things about which we should rightfully be outraged, but which have come to feel grimly routine. Gone Gone is a book that has stayed with me; a book that deserves to stay with us all.” - Sam Byers, author of Come Join Our Disease

Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social · Mar 28

So grateful @sambyers.bsky.social ! Your words of support continue to resonate:

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Sam Byers @sambyers.bsky.social · Mar 28

I had the great privilege of reading @totomcgee.bsky.social’s deeply moving, brilliantly inventive book in manuscript. Now it’s out in physical form from @dukepress.bsky.social. Very highly recommended.

Front and back covers of Gone Gone by Todd Meyers, out now from Duke University Press.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Mar 18

"Gone, Gone" by Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social uses a blend of prose, poetry, and ethnography to reckon with grief in the face of overdose death. Read a Q&A with him about the book: buff.ly/PKcAdIX

A white man with glasses and short gray hair and a gray beard sits in front of a radiator. He is wearing a grey hoodie. There is a plant over his shoulder.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Mar 3

Among the great new books we have coming out this month is "Gone Gone" by Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social . #Anthropology #MedicalHumanities
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Feb 28

Authors holding in-person and virtual events in March include @lmgm.bsky.social , @totomcgee.bsky.social , @alexispauline.bsky.social , and @lorimarso.bsky.social . Hope you can make it to some!
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Covers of When Monsters Speak, The Personality of Power, Feminism and the Cinema of Experience, Terracene, Atmospheres of Violence, Slaves to Fashion, In the Land of the Unreal, The Aesthetics of Resistance Vol 3, Made in NuYoRico, and The Inner Life of Race, arranged in a 5x5 grid.

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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · Feb 25

POSTDOC ALERT! Postdoc in the history of modern medicine or public health at Wisconsin: details at the link below. 2 years, excellent conditions. #Skystorians #HistMed #medhum please repost widely!

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Postdoctoral Fellow: History of Modern (19th century-present) Medicine or Public Health

Position Requirements: PhD in history of modern (19th century-present) medicine or public health or closely related field, geographic area and specialty open. All requirements for the PhD, including t...

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Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social · Feb 19

!!!!!!! Thank you EW!!!

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Feb 19

Save 30% on #NewBook "Gone Gone" by @totomcgee.bsky.social , which blends prose, poetry, and ethnography to reckon with grief in the face of overdose death and the afterlives of loss created by the opioid crisis.
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Elizabeth A. Wilson @elizwilsonemory.bsky.social · Feb 19

It arrived @totomcgee.bsky.social ! Super keen to read this and find inspiration for the writing ahead of me

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The Death Studies Podcast @deathstudiespod.bsky.social · Feb 2

New episode out now!

Listen to @totomcgee.bsky.social discuss his latest book Gone Gone published by @dukepress.bsky.social

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The Death Studies Podcast @deathstudiespod.bsky.social · Feb 1

New month, new episode!

We spoke with @totomcgee.bsky.social about his soon to be published book Gone Gone @dukepress.bsky.social on experiencing grief through losing a loved one to drugs and overdose deaths

Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

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Todd Meyers - The Death Studies Podcast

What’s the episode about? In this episode, hear Todd Meyers on grief, anthropology, entanglements, addiction, language, overdose death, opioid crisis, life’s incoherence and knowing your limits Who is...

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