Covid Archive
Explore diverse COVID-19 storytelling: essays, poems, art, documenting global experiences, resilience, and loss.
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Yearning for Touch – A Photo Essay
Keeping the City Going
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
Stronger Together: A COVID Super Hero Adventure
Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct.
疫步 [Walking in the Pandemic]
Being Single Was Just a Part of Their Lives Before the Pandemic. Then It Became the Defining One
Quattro Strade
COVID Has Changed the Way I Eat. Don’t Take Chances with Omicron
‘My Biggest Fear Is She’ll Die Alone’: Care Partner Perspectives of InstitutionalCOVID-19 Visitor Restrictions in Ontario, Canada
New Ways of Surviving: Writing through a Global Pandemic
Nights of Plague
A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces (河流，奔跑著，倒映著)
Narrow Escapes: A Poetic Diary of the Coronavirus Pandemic
How One COVID-19 Nurse Navigates Anti-Mask Sentiment
Hit Hard By COVID-19, Black Americans Share Their Grief
On the Dynamics of Social Trust in Human Cultures: Aeon Essays
How the Mainstream Media Help to Spread Disinformation about COVID-19
Self-construction via Texts: COVID-19 and Child Fiction
Beyond Health and Wealth: The Impact of COVID-19 and Anti-COVID-19 Measures on the Narrative Dimension of Human Life
Citadel
Listening Through the Landscape (Free Jazz III. Sound. Walks)
Spotted In Soho: Street Photography in the Age of COVID-19
Background
Corpus
Our research spans 2020-2025, detailing pandemic waves, lockdowns, vaccinations, and recovery. Factors include ability, age, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socio-economic positions.
Method
Our databank selections capture diverse pandemic narratives, prioritizing inclusivity, with ongoing updates and scholarly annotations.
Resource for Research
Our database probes COVID-19 narratives’ aesthetic, social, cultural roles, offering insight, therapy, and debunking misinformation.
Values
The database transcends literature norms, emphasizes global humanity, solidarity, equity, diversity, inclusion, amplifying marginalized voices.
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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Creative writers: Contribute to our global narrative project, amplifying diverse experiences and challenges.