Tag: Pandemic
miCRo: “Why One Cloud Is Kin to Not Liking” by Alina Stefanescu
In Alina Stefanescu’s “Why One Cloud Is Kin to Not Liking,” a deft observation of a cloud’s “power of chilling” follows a list of reasons why the speaker’s in-laws don’t like her.
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On Writing During a Global Pandemic
We’ve talked before about reading during the pandemic , but writing during this real-life Groundhog Day has presented its own challenges.
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miCRo: “End of the Year Poem, 2020” by Zhihao Zhang
Translated by Yuemin He, “End of the Year Poem, 2020” by Zhihao Zhang begins where many of us begin our days (regularly, but perhaps especially during a global pandemic): looking at our phones. This mundane act gives way to a reflection that, like the year 2020 itself, is filled with rote action, uncertainty, and contradiction.
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Interview with Felicia Zamora
An interview with Felicia Zamora. “Photography and poetry help me question human behavior in very distinct and unique ways; they both have lenses that swivel simultaneously outward and inward.”
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Interview with Aditi Machado
An interview with Aditi Machado. “I tend to think I became a more interesting writer after, and while, translating Farid Tali’s Prosopopoeia. There’s something about sinking into someone else’s—a different language’s—syntax and sonics that reorients your relationship to your chosen writing language(s).”
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What We’re Reading . . . During These Times
As we work remotely, we wanted to share some reading for quarantine, to delve deep into the idea of pandemics, escape that topic, or just find something good to cook.
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