What the country is reading during the pandemic: Dystopias, social justice and steamy romance “This year, perhaps as never before, our reading habits reflect our precarious reality. As the country has muddled through a deadly pandemic and a racial reckoning under a cloud of exhaustion and dread, we’ve used books to escape the present, informContinue reading “From the Washington Post: What We’re Reading During the Pandemic and Books for Kids About the the New Rules of COVID-19”
Category Archives: Pandemic
Andrew Mackay on the Politics and Machinations Behind My Corona
What prompted you to write My Corona? Back in March, when the virus was but a mere nuisance, I remember my wife and I leaving the supermarket with our groceries and my cell phone buzzes. It was a message from a leading newspaper app suggesting that Italy had gone into a proper, full-blown lockdown. ItContinue reading “Andrew Mackay on the Politics and Machinations Behind My Corona”
The China Pandemic (Graham’s Resolution, Book 1)
China unleashes a weaponized version of bird flu, resulting in the China Pandemic, which spares only a fraction of Earth’s population, known as carriers. Graham, a college math professor, is the only survivor in his family, having buried his parents and pregnant wife. He intends to head for his family’s isolated cabin in the CascadesContinue reading “The China Pandemic (Graham’s Resolution, Book 1)”
