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The dark side of aspartame is nothing new: Studies investigating negative health claims on the nonnutritive sweetener began popping up in 1984. But it made headlines last month when the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared aspartame as “a possible carcinogen for humans.” Here’s an investigation into the all-important question regarding everyone’s favorite afternoon treat.

Lydia Kiesling’s first book, National Book Award 5 Under 35 pick The Golden State, breathed new life into the road trip novel by giving its narrator, Daphne, a demanding passenger in Honey, her toddler daughter. To write her second book, Mobility, Kiesling had to re-enact the road trip but leave the kids — she has two — at home.