May 13, 2013

The German investigative program titel thesen temperamente aired a segment on Unnatural Selection filmed with the author in Shanghai. Video will be posted soon. A synopsis is here.

May 8, 2013

Mara’s review of Peter Hessler’s Strange Stones: Dispatches from East and West appears in today’s Wall Street Journal. Read it here.

January 2, 2013

Mara has an article out in the January/February issue of the Atlantic on giving birth in the year of the dragon.

January 1, 2013

The German edition of Unnatural Selection is released under the title Das Verschwinden der Frauen. Copies can be ordered here.

September 19, 2012

Mara’s review of Hanna Rosin’s The End of Men: And the Rise of Women is online at Foreign Policy. Read the review here.

June 21, 2012

The Japanese edition of Unnatural Selection hits bookstores in Japan. 

May 1, 2012

Unnatural Selection is now out in paperback. Buy the book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or IndieBound.

April 18, 2012

UNNATURAL SELECTION IS A FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE!

February 21, 2012

Unnatural Selection is a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize!

December 16, 2011

The Wall Street Journal and Slate list Unnatural Selection as one of the best books of the year.

November 19, 2011

Discover names Unnatural Selection one of five must-read books for 2011. Gawker Media’s i09 puts the book on its holiday list as well.

August 27, 2011

Foreign language update: in recent weeks Unnatural Selection has been featured in Der Spiegel (Germany), NRC (Netherlands), Dainik Bhaskar (India; published in Hindi), and il Giornale (Italy).

August 23, 2011

Mara discusses advances in fetal sex testing on the radio show Marketplace. Listen to the segment here.