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.
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This piece is by Mariam S. Pal, writing on Monday, April 20, 2020.
My Masquerade
My masquerade begins. I wipe off my red lipstick, adjust the mask’s folds up over my nose and down onto my chin. I‘m careful the elastics do not get ensnared in my earrings as I slide the straps over the backs of my ears. Wearing a mask in public is my new routine. Exiting the car, I look around. Many faces are covered.
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