Writing while masked : observations on 2020 and beyond

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Title:

Writing while masked : observations on 2020 and beyond

Alternate title:

Writing while masked : reflections on 2020 and beyond

Author:

Gonzales, Mary Ann, 1937- author.

Greer, Tyson, 1943- author.

Herndon, Wanda, 1952- author.

Lippman, Laura Celise, author.

Spalding, Jane, author.

Tedesko, Suzanne, author.

Weir, Beth, author.

Summary:

Writing While Masked gathers seven aspiring writers' personal pieces, essays, and poems about the cascading events of 2020 and beyond. Their beautiful, timely, and expressive reflections include thoughts on experiences, lessons learned, and future hopes. -- Provided by publisher.

General Note:

Subtitle on cover: Reflections on 2020 and beyond.

Includes index.

Physical Description:

xviii, 191 pages : portraits ; 23 cm

Subject Term:

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-

American literature -- Women authors.

American literature -- 21st century.

Author(s):

Gonzales, Mary Ann, 1937-

Greer, Tyson, 1943-

Herndon, Wanda, 1952-

Lippman, Laura Celise,

Spalding, Jane,

Tedesko, Suzanne,

Weir, Beth,

Publisher:

Basalt Books,

Publication Date:

2021

ISBN:

9781638640011

Publication Information:

Pullman, Washington : Basalt Books, [2021]

Call Number:

818 WRITING

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Once a week, seven writers-all retired from professional careers-spend two hours together. The purpose of their gathering is to discuss what they wrote the previous week. For a number of years prior to 2020, the group met in their homes over coffee. The pandemic changed that. Members could not hug at Zoom meetings. Then on May 24, a white policeman pressed his knee to a Black man's neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. Other officers looked on with chilling nonchalance as he pleaded, "I can't breathe." A seventeen-year-old girl captured it all on her cellphone, and the world exploded. The process of putting down their thoughts about the cascading events of the year helped the group weather the challenges of 2020 and beyond. Inside Writing While Masked are personal pieces-writings of the moment, essays that reflect, and poems that express raw emotion. They include thoughts about what the authors experienced and learned, and what they want for the future. Most of all, they are words of hope. Book jacket.

Foreword	p. xi
Authors' Note	p. xv
Who Are We?	p. xvii
January 2020	p. 1
In the Beginning	p. 3
February 2020	p. 5
New York: Before it Started	p. 7
Scrabble in the Time of the Coronavirus	p. 8
March 2020	p. 9
Together Again in the Shadow of the Plague	p. 11
Being Immortal Is an Illusion	p. 12
Mindfulness	p. 13
Pain Psalm	p. 15
Letter to Virus-in-Chief	p. 16
Vita Nuova	p. 18
It Was COVID	p. 19
Italian Misadventure	p. 20
April 2020	p. 23
Babies and Broccoli and Jack	p. 25
Looking on the Bright Side	p. 27
Bread in the Time of COVID	p. 29
A Thank You to Wordsmiths	p. 32
Unexpected Cohabitation	p. 34
May 2020	p. 37
Finding Joy in the Time of Virus	p. 39
Mid-afternoon Malaise	p. 41
Suspension of the Moment	p. 42
To Mask or Not to Mask	p. 44
Relentless	p. 45
Is It Not Enough?	p. 46
June 2020	p. 49
Lament	p. 51
I Cry!	p. 53
Protests	p. 55
Some Days	p. 56
So Many Years Ago	p. 58
Skyschool	p. 59
The Power of One	p. 61
Freezing the Memories at Four Months	p. 62
COVID Connection	p. 64
July 2020	p. 67
How Do I Talk to My Sister?	p. 69
Hospice House	p. 72
COVID Date: March 126th, 2020	p. 74
Speak!	p. 76
A Schedule and a Garden	p. 77
She Doesn't Want to	p. 79
Endless Time	p. 81
Animals in the Time of the Coronavirus	p. 83
COVID-crazy	p. 85
Sleepless in Seattle	p. 86
August 2020	p. 87
Idea Clustering: Marriage	p. 89
Holler!	p. 91
Birthday Party: Short, Outside, Distanced	p. 92
September 2020	p. 93
Why Make a Plan?	p. 95
Psilocybe Love Story	p. 97
Words, Words, Words	p. 99
Would Our Divide Narrow if We Just Talked-and Listened	p. 102
More Cases of COVID	p. 104
October 2020	p. 107
Calculated Risk is the New Now	p. 111
Midnight	p. 114
Making 2020 Add Up	p. 115
Awe Walks	p. 117
Caution Exhaustion	p. 119
Even More Cases of COVID-19	p. 121
November 2020	p. 123
Land of Plenty-Plenty of Systems	p. 125
Voter Fraud	p. 127
Musings on a Solo Thanksgiving	p. 128
Celebrating in COVID's Shadow	p. 130
December 2020	p. 133
Breathe	p. 134
Crisis in COVID-time	p. 135
Kindness in Crisis	p. 139
I Try To Be Grateful	p. 143
Not Just Any Day	p. 145
Reflections On 2020	p. 146
Mary Ann Gonzales	p. 146
Tyson Greer	p. 146
Wanda Herndon	p. 149
Laura Celise Lippman	p. 150
Jane Spalding	p. 153
Suzanne Tedesko	p. 154
Beth Weir	p. 156
2021 Postscript	p. 159
January-June 2021	p. 159
The New Year	p. 162
Your Ancestors are Looking for You	p. 163
Eulogy to Democracy in Our Time	p. 165
100,000 and Counting	p. 167
Stepping Out	p. 169
Brand New Year	p. 171
An 83-Year-Old Woman Who Lives Alone	p. 173
Out of the Woods	p. 175
So It Was Written	p. 176
Pause, Reset, Forward	p. 177
All About Us	p. 179
Mary Ann Gonzales	p. 179
Tyson Greer	p. 180
Wanda Herndon	p. 181
Laura Celise Lippman	p. 182
Jane Spalding	p. 183
Suzanne Tedesko	p. 184
Beth Weir	p. 185
Final Note	p. 187
Index	p. 189

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