Advent 2020
December 21st, 2020 | by Ezra Stone
ONE: A wave of grief for everything that came before Today, the clouds are like ribs, like my ribs close
Browsing the "pandemic" Tag
Pandemic Poetry: Leonore Wilson on ‘Palm Sunday’
September 21st, 2020 | by Leonore Wilson
No railing of the old pier to hold, no church with its elaborate white arch to enter, the shops are
Pandemic poetry: Carla Sameth on pacing and practicing the trumpet
September 17th, 2020 | by Carla Rachel Sameth
I read the warning label: Watch out for signs of Virus Fatigue like drinking alone early in the day and cutting everything up in your house to make masks though you’ll never leave the house again
PANDEMIC POETRY: Dana Salvador’s “Two-week Quarantine”
September 15th, 2020 | by Dana Salvador
We took our temperatures and watched the white petals shake themselves free,
Not Necessary
August 28th, 2020 | by Teresa Yang
Early on I realized my dad was washing dishes without soap in the same sink where he oftentimes brushed his teeth, then storing them like wet sweaters in the unused, suspiciously moldy, dishwasher
Taking Time
July 7th, 2020 | by Christina Yovovich
I gave up my writing right away. One day I was a writer who wrote while her child was at school, the next I was I pandemic parent, focused solely on making her child feel things were going to be okay.
Who Gets To Opt Out? Checking Privilege in Checking Out of Zoom-School
June 26th, 2020 | by Sarah W. Jaffe
COVID has cleanly crystalized a pattern in which well-off parents are allowed to decide what’s right for their families—and poorer families are told what is best for theirs.
Holding Tight
June 15th, 2020 | by Sacha Mardou
I didn't realize my daughter was feeling all this anxiety
Freaking Homeschool
March 26th, 2020 | by Sacha Mardou
How many kids are living through their unhappy childhoods right now, having lost their safe space?
Raising Babies in End of Days: Full New York City Shutdown Day 1—A List
March 25th, 2020 | by Jade Sanchez-Ventura
I hope my body unlearns the requirements of social distancing.