Personal COVID-19 Stories
Read about the personal experiences written by emerging and established creators including writers working at the intersections of the pandemic and self-exploration.
Love in the Time of Corona: Heterosexual Romance, Space, and Society in Japanese Fiction on COVID-19
COVID-19 Narratives and Layered Temporality
‘It Feels a Bit Like Drowning’: Expectations and Experiences of Motherhood During COVID-19
Why Are People Nostalgic for Early-Pandemic Life?
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Media Frames of COVID-19 Pandemic
The Art of the COVID Copy
Why Do Some Get Hooked on Pandemic Terror and Phobic Energy?: Aeon Essays
Pandemics: Humans Are the Culprits
Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America’s Doctor
Covid Love
A Relational Reflection on Pandemic Nationalism
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
Back to the Future: Lessons of a SARS Hysteria for the COVID-19 Pandemic
Metaphors We Lie By: Our ‘War’ Against COVID-19
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
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.