Covid Archive
Explore diverse COVID-19 storytelling: essays, poems, art, documenting global experiences, resilience, and loss.
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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
Escaping New York Before It Became the COVID-19 Epicenter
Plague Diary, 23 March, 2020.
My Mom Died While I Was Covering COVID. It Changed My Views on Grief
Hanging in the Air
The Animals in That Country
Soap and Water & Common Sense: The Definitive Guide to Viruses, Bacteria, Parasites, and Disease
Soap and Water & Common Sense: The Definitive Guide to Viruses, Bacteria, Parasites, and Disease
The Quarantine Diaries
On the Frontline of COVID-19: Diary of a Doctor
I Am Not Invincible: My COVID-19 Story
Quarantine Reads: “The Waves”
Living in a Sci-Fi Movie: An Italian Screenwriter on Coronavirus
Stewart: Prisoner Support Volunteer
Parenting with Agoraphobia Is Hard. It’s Harder in a Pandemic
Life Writing During a Pandemic: Making Sense of the ‘New Normal’ in Lockdown Extended: Corona Chronicles (2020)
The Thin Line Between Farce and Tragedy: My COVID Story Between Italy and Guatemala
A Letter to My Loved Ones About COVID-19: You’ve Moved On, But I’m Still Here
COVID-19 in Manitoba: Public Policy Responses to the First Wave
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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