Life Writing
Autobiography, Diary, Memoir, Personal Essay
20-Somethings Lost Something in the Pandemic. They Still Haven’tFound It
During the Pandemic, I Lost the Ability to Read
Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the Time Of COVID-19
COVID Pandemic: Three Years On and Nobody Wants to Talk About It – Here’s Why We Should
I Became a Pastor during the Pandemic
The Pandemic Has Remade Friendship
My COVID19 Diary
How a Fourth Case of Covid Changed My Perspective on the Pandemic
Now That We Can Finally Go Out, Why Do I Actually Hate It?
My Big COVID Breakup Cost Me My Friends
This Is What a 16-Hour Hospital Shift Is Like for Me While Omicron Rages
The COVID Journals: Healthcare Workers Write the Pandemic
A Welcome Unfreedom in South Korea
The Pandemic Diaries: Amplifying the Voices of Asia-Pacific Children and Youth in the Global COVID-19 Crisis
My Experience of COVID-19, or Personal History as Data for the Sociologist
Life Disrupted and Regenerated: Coping With the ‘New Normal’ Creative Arts in the Time of Coronavirus
My Kidneys Were Failing. I Was Scared and in Disbelief. All I Could Do Was Cry
My COVID Diary: ‘First It Was the Infection; Then It Turned into Stress and Anxiety
COVID Has Changed the Way I Eat. Don’t Take Chances with Omicron
New Ways of Surviving: Writing through a Global Pandemic
Hit Hard By COVID-19, Black Americans Share Their Grief
On the Dynamics of Social Trust in Human Cultures: Aeon Essays
Pandemic Playground
What It’s Like to Be a Teacher during Coronavirus Pandemic
Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live
Dave Scott of Swan Lake First Nation: COVID-Community Extended Interview
Really Real Dragons
Three Stories of Life in Gaza during the CoronavirusPandemic
I Hate My Prison Dorm so Much, I Enjoyed COVID-19 Quarantine in the Box
“Seven Days in Lockdown”: A Performance Autoethnography of Physical Activity and Mental Health
Reflections of a COVID-19 Long Hauler
Pandemic Diary
Quarantine Has Changed Us – And It’s Not All Bad
Covid-19 ‘Survivors’ Guilt’ Haunting African Researcher in the US
I’m Awake! Memoirs of the Covid-19 Experience….
Under One Roof: How COVID-19 Turned My Apartment Building of Strangers into a Community
A Thundering Silence
COVID Diaries: Quotidian Snapshots of Life during the Pandemic
I Can’t Answer My Daughter’s Questions about COVID-19
The Country Won’t Work Without Them
Days without Name: On Time in the Time of Coronavirus
My Mom Died While I Was Covering COVID. It Changed My Views on Grief
Home Safe: A Memoir of End-of-Life Care During Covid-19
I Am Not Invincible: My COVID-19 Story
A Persian New Year Beginning with COVID-19
Quarantine Reads: “The Waves”
Living in a Sci-Fi Movie: An Italian Screenwriter on Coronavirus
The Quarantine Diaries
Insane after Coronavirus?
Left in the Dark: COVID Behind Bars
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Submit your Research on COVID-19
Scholars and Researchers: Submit your essay engaging with any aspect of telling COVID-19 stories. We are looking for thesis-driven research, with a clear theory framework, a body of analysis that shows concrete examples, and a conclusion. Images are welcome. Articles are subject to peer-review and editing.
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