The Pandemic Radically Altered My Relationship with India. I Don’t Know If I Can Ever Go Back
A personal essay explores navigating the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the surrounding political turmoil, and their effects on identity and belonging
What’s a vacation, Mr. Roque?
A trio of haiku in response to a statement by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque that Filipinos are on vacation because of COVID-19
Where were you?
Fiction editor Thirangie Jayatilake’s poem teems with a staccato rage at our current global state. With an accompanying image by Catalina Aranguren
two thousand and twenty
Originally in Brazilian Portuguese, with an English translation by Sarah Rebecca Kersley, Black feminist poet Mel Adún reflects on the day-to-day griefs of the pandemic in this haunting lyric
Pandemic Weddings Offer A New Happy Ever After
The pandemic, despite its horrors, has rejuvenated an alternative approach to meaningful, beautiful weddings, and made it socially acceptable. How can these changes become permanent?
The Colors Drained Out of Lives of Migrants
महानगर के प्रवासी मज़दूर बने कैदी| When livelihood becomes a prison. Jodhpur-based artist Shilpa Mridul’s “The Colors Drained out of Lives of Migrants” draws on ancient Indian print design to address the India of today
Alice in Lockdown
These illustrations equate the dream logic of Wonderland with the lived political reality of COVID-19
Quarantine Archive
Quarantine Archive is a new series showcasing quarantine art and creativity from around the world. These are the home movies, paintings, poems etc submitted from bedrooms.
Meditations in the Room
Kate Gough’s new poem talks about mental health during quarantine.
Sign of the Times: A Photo Essay
Street photography scenes of Abu Dhabi, UAE during the COVID-19 pandemic, by Vamika Sinha.