We Can All Be Writers—By Nisha Coleman

In April 2020, we invited writers in Quebec to submit a story of a single day during the strange, uneasy time of coronavirus and pandemic, of social distancing and self isolation, of lockdown and quarantine.

We’re thrilled to announce that these stories have been gathered in Chronicling the Days: Dispatches from a Pandemic (Guernica Press). To learn more and buy the book, please visit https://www.guernicaeditions.com/title/9781771836579.

Please also join us on the QWF FB Community page, and let the authors know if their words resonated.

I’m a writer but I don’t have much to say right now. I’m a storyteller but I don’t have many stories to tell either. There is an explosion of online content, but I do not feel compelled to contribute. Instead I am watching, listening, noticing.

Week one of the self-isolation measures, amongst the multitude of COVID-19 memes about toilet paper, face touching, and the quarantining-with-kids-chaos, one in particular caught my attention:

To read the rest of the story, please support our community and check out Chronicling the Days: Dispatches from a Pandemic

 

4 thoughts on “We Can All Be Writers—By Nisha Coleman

  1. Very interesting Nisha. I was hoping to get to meet you at the family reunion this coming July but alas it was cancelled. Perhaps next year. You are probably wondering who is this nutcase well I won’t keep you in suspense, it’s your great Aunt Wendy

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