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2021-09-05
EPITAPH an excerpt from an epistle by Sebastian Delgado, dps
[CURATOR'S NOTE] This is an piece of fiction submitted to the archive by the author. -
2020-11-08
Independent booksellers write a new chapter during COVID-19
Small businesses have been hit hard by restrictions during COVID-19. Many are struggling to stay afloat and have come up with creative ways to bring in business. Some have even turned to GoFundMe's to raise money and bring attention to their business, such as these two booksellers. -
2020-08-18
Staying openminded and self-improving during COVID-19
During COVID-19 for me, as a teenager, staying in my room for almost 2 months was extremely hard and seemed unachievable. I had to manage with a ton of stress and anxiety as isolation was not a part of my natural habitat. However, after some period of time, it came to my mind that I have to find a substitution for hanging out with friends and doing outdoor activities. One of my hobbies and new addictions was going to my mom’s bookshelf and picking out books that have caught my eye. On the image above are three books that made me fall in love with literature and made me open my individual thoughts to myself. Through the words of other authors, I was able to not feel alone and get closer with my emotions and inner beliefs. This kind of activity made me devour myself into the stories and lives of the characters that substituted my isolated life and created a safe place for my imagination and conceptions. I am extremely grateful that I was able to explore this new part of my personality and extend my inner world during such a hard time as the pandemic. -
2020-07-24
A working mayor, an exhausted president, out-of-touch rich folk: Haikus during the community quarantine
These poems document the quarantine adjustment period: the first fifteen days. They are news reports, coping methods, and dreams. They reflect the terrifying and the mundane. I began this project on Twitter, aware that we were entering into what would be an important historical event, and assuming that this project would be what would keep me sane. Soon, cabin fever got to me and I lost my motivation, so I set them aside, hoping that they would eventually contribute to the growing body of pandemic literature. If I don't make it through this pandemic, please remember me through these poems. -
2020-04-20
COVID 19
This is the final version of a poem serving as reflection on the nature of COVID as equated with biblical evil itself, and as it echoes another poem in the collection, Dis-Ease. This poem is a conundrum using wordplay and numerology from the Kaballah to present its idea that COVID and the demon are the same entity. As puzzled out, this piece represents contemplation on the source and nature of the Disease, seen in mythical/biblical terms. -
2020-04-20
Dis-ease: Poetry in the Period of the Pandemic
Not a "story" in the traditional sense, these are a collection of poems that nonetheless implicitly serve as narrative/tell the story of how an aspiring writer uses the time to harness all the stress, turn it from distress into eustress to de-stress, and thereby find a strategy for survival through creative expression. In each poem, as annotation, the direct connection to COVID is described. -
2020-03-12
Love in the Time of COVID- 19
It's my poem about my family's experience under, and fear of, this pandemic -- specifically during my fifteenth wedding anniversary when we watched on TV news the Philippine president's official announcement of the imposition of the lockdown in Metro Manila. -
2020-05-05
Quotes
I picked this up in middle school and have copied from it to make up for my boredom. -
2020-05-13
Becoming Austen heroines in Quarantine
An article on whimn.com reflecting on how the novels and adaptations of Jane Austen are not only great isolation comfort reads, but mimic the rhythm of life in isolation. -
03/19/2020
The Impact of Virtual Story Time During Coronavirus Stay-at- Home Orders: Preschool Teacher Hosts Virtual Story Time in Ireland
A preschool teacher uses props as she hosts a virtual story time for her students and kids around the world. *Gretchen Grewe, Fordham University, SOCI 2800 *News segment -
03/19/2020
The Impact of Virtual Story Time During Coronavirus Stay At Home Orders: Librarians Host Virtual Story Times
A news segment highlighting the virtual story time that many librarians are now hosting. *Gretchen Grewe, Fordham University, SOCI 2800 *Video clip of broadcast television -
05/14/2020
Writing in the time of Covid 19
This journal entry is about the effects Covid -19 pandemic on my academic writing and academic goals. -
2020-04-19
A Light
Story