Covid Archive
Explore diverse COVID-19 storytelling: essays, poems, art, documenting global experiences, resilience, and loss.
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Eye of the Storm: A Week in the Life of a Paramedic Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Apple Family: A Pandemic Trilogy
Corona Is a Ball with Spikes
Space #2
Mysophobia
Under One Roof: How COVID-19 Turned My Apartment Building of Strangers into a Community
My Wife Hates It When I Work From Home
Birdwatching
A Thundering Silence
COVID Diaries: Quotidian Snapshots of Life during the Pandemic
PPE Portrait Project
I Can’t Answer My Daughter’s Questions about COVID-19
The Country Won’t Work Without Them
‘In a War, We Draw’: Vietnam’s Artists Join Fight against Covid-19
What Can We Learn from the Art of Pandemics Past?
Portrait for NHS Heroes
Days without Name: On Time in the Time of Coronavirus
Space #1
Plague Diary, 23 March, 2020.
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
Hanging in the Air
Grief in Times of Corona (Envoi)
The Animals in That Country
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.
Share your Personal COVID-19 Story
Creative writers: Contribute to our global narrative project, amplifying diverse experiences and challenges.