Download or read book Writers Crushing COVID 19 written by Lynn Chandler Willis and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revenues from anthology sales will be donated to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation.Film and recording artists the world over are broadcasting from home, doing their share to raise money for COVID-19 relief. And now the literati has picked up the gauntlet. Bestselling and award-winning authors have contributed their short stories and essays to inspire one and all during this challenging time, to enlighten the mind and raise the spirits.The Benevolent Contributors: Brendan DuBois Jonas Saul Barry Lancet Bruce Robert Coffin Zoë Sharp Ed Aymar Charles Salzberg Cheryl BradshawVincent Zandri Debra Goldstein Beth Terrell W/A Jayden Terrell Frank ZafiroShawn Reilly Simmons Cathy Cobb Phillip Bowie Warren Moore Marvin Wolf Tom Wood Lynn Chandler Willis Diane Capri Lawrence Kelter Diane Kelly Chris Knopf Jill Fletcher Karen McCullough Jennifer Delozier Alexia Gordon Gabriel Valjan Richard Helms J.D. Allen Tim Cavines W/A Ross Cavins Julie Bates Jeff Hargett Agnes Alexander Micki Bare Karen Fritz

Download or read book Writers Crushing Covid 19 an Anthology for Coronavirus Relief written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Writers Crushing Covid 19 written by Ross Cavins and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film and recording artists the world over are broadcasting from home, doing their share to raise money for COVID-19 relief. And now the literati has picked up the gauntlet.Bestselling and award-winning authors have contributed their short stories and essays to inspire one and all during this challenging time, to enlighten the mind, and raise the spirits.

Download or read book The Trick is to Keep Breathing written by Rinos Mwanaka and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE TRICK IS TO KEEP BREATHING: Covid 19 Stories From African and North American Writers, Vol 3, features 2 essays, 5 stories and 64 poems from 32 poets, writers and academicians from North America and Africa, writers residing in these among other countries; The USA, Canada, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, The Gambia, Ghana, Malawi.., surrounding the grate, telling stories of resilience and triumph as they dealt with Covid 19 and its several mutations over the past 3 years. Humans are connection beings and one of the most fulfilling ways they do so is through sharing stories. It's time we surround the fire, warming ourselves as we tell the stories of our humanness and resilience, stories of triumph, stories to release unrequited pain, anger and grief, stories of loss, stories that will act as continuing breath....

Download or read book Uncontrolled Spread written by Scott Gottlieb and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Uncontrolled Spread is everything you’d hope: a smart and insightful account of what happened and, currently, the best guide to what needs to be done to avoid a future pandemic." —Wall Street Journal “Informative and well paced.”—The Guardian “An intense ride through the pandemic with chilling details of what really happened. It is also sprinkled with notes of true wisdom that may help all of us better prepare for the future.”—Sanjay Gupta, MD, chief medical correspondent, CNN Physician and former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb asks: Has America’s COVID-19 catastrophe taught us anything? In Uncontrolled Spread, he shows how the coronavirus and its variants were able to trounce America’s pandemic preparations, and he outlines the steps that must be taken to protect against the next outbreak. As the pandemic unfolded, Gottlieb was in regular contact with all the key players in Congress, the Trump administration, and the drug and diagnostic industries. He provides an inside account of how level after level of American government crumbled as the COVID-19 crisis advanced. A system-wide failure across government institutions left the nation blind to the threat, and unable to mount an effective response. We’d prepared for the wrong virus. We failed to identify the contagion early enough and became overly reliant on costly and sometimes divisive tactics that couldn’t fully slow the spread. We never considered asymptomatic transmission and we assumed people would follow public health guidance. Key bureaucracies like the CDC were hidebound and outmatched. Weak political leadership aggravated these woes. We didn’t view a public health disaster as a threat to our national security. Many of the woes sprung from the CDC, which has very little real-time reporting capability to inform us of Covid’s twists and turns or assess our defenses. The agency lacked an operational capacity and mindset to mobilize the kind of national response that was needed. To guard against future pandemic risks, we must remake the CDC and properly equip it to better confront crises. We must also get our intelligence services more engaged in the global public health mission, to gather information and uncover emerging risks before they hit our shores so we can head them off. For this role, our clandestine agencies have tools and capabilities that the CDC lacks. Uncontrolled Spread argues we must fix our systems and prepare for a deadlier coronavirus variant, a flu pandemic, or whatever else nature -- or those wishing us harm -- may threaten us with. Gottlieb outlines policies and investments that are essential to prepare the United States and the world for future threats.

Download or read book When the Virus Came Calling written by Thelma T. Reyna and published by . This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ground-breaking anthology of 44 distinguished American contemporary poets and prose writers, written in real time in the first half of the historic, devastating coronavirus COVID-19 invasion of America in 2020. In heart-wrenching, wide-eyed observations, firsthand events, tragedies, and reflections, these top authors document for us the horrors, grief, and heroism of friends, family, neighbors as we watched the disease unfold. Here are moments of hope and togetherness as well, seeking respite and balms. This gathering of Poets Laureate, national award winners, poet leaders, essayists, academics, and short fiction writers is a collection to treasure and a touchstone for generations to come.

Download or read book Writing the Virus written by Andrea Scrima and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book In the Midst written by Sandy Tritt and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-22 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You know, you should edit an anthology about COVID-19. Capture the raw emotions and coping mechanisms of people from all over the world--while the pandemic is still ongoing." I shook my head to rid it of that crazy thought. It came back stronger. "Millions of people throughout the world are experiencing the same emotions--anger, anxiety, fear, sadness. But they don't realize their feelings are universal--truly universal." I couldn't argue with that, so I ran a small ad, thinking I'd be out a few bucks and that little voice in my head would finally take a nap. Instead, hundreds of submissions from new writers to well-published authors and from art students to world-renowned artists poured in. Entries arrived from six continents (all but Antarctica!). From throughout the U.S. and Canada. From South Africa and Zimbabwe. From Australia and New Zealand. From England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, the Netherlands. From India and Bangladesh. From Argentina. Writers and artists from ten years old to somewhere in their nineties sent poems, original artwork, fiction, essays, photographs, and scripts. As I read, my heart ached for people suffering in so many ways from this unprecedented situation. But these entries carried much more than tears. They also showed the resilience of the human spirit. Many offered encouragement. Some shared ways of coping--especially creative ways, such as taking up new hobbies. Others found humor in the quest for toilet paper, the mandate to "wash your hands," and hair--from new hairdos and natural hair colors of those who can no longer see their hairdressers to COVID cuts for those who took the problem into their own hands. Some described new skills or practices that have improved their lives--things they will retain long after the pandemic is over. And many showed appreciation to the ones who've sacrificed to keep the world moving. What ties them all together? The universal experience of living in isolation and anxiety during a global pandemic with no end in sight. People are in crisis and need to share their experiences and imaginative solutions. Painstaking decisions were made to cut down the deluge of entries to this final selection of 100 pieces representing 84 authors and artists. I've always said that when you share your art or your writing, you share your soul. And we now celebrate the courageous people who have bared their souls to give you a glimpse into their lives. While all the entries are in English, many are flavored by British spelling and punctuation, American dialect, or some combination thereof. To protect the ethnic and cultural seasoning of the contributors, we have edited with a light hand, keeping the vernacular of the country of origin. I hope you are as touched as I have been by these honest, from-the-gut reactions while still IN THE MIDST of this historic pandemic. Hopefully, we'll see our way out of this soon, and this anthology will become a collection to help future generations understand exactly what it was like to endure separation from friends and family, shutdowns of schools, churches, and "non-essential" businesses, and, of course, the fear and suffering caused by illness and death. Thank you for reading. We do not expect that every entry will entertain every reader, but we are sure each reader will be profoundly affected by at least a few of the entries. NOTE: The cover was designed and created by Lana Hunneyball. The artwork featured on the card faces are among the more than 30 original creations or photos included within the anthology.

Download or read book Alone Together written by Garth Stein and published by Central Avenue Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Could there be a timelier gift to quarantined readers...? I doubt it."—The Washington Post "A heartening gathering of writers joining forces for community support."—Kirkus Reviews "Connects writers, readers, and booksellers in a wonderfully imaginative way. It's a really good book for a really good cause"—Bestselling author James Patterson ALONE TOGETHER: Love, Grief, and Comfort in the Time of COVID-19 is a collection of essays, poems, and interviews to serve as a lifeline for negotiating how to connect and thrive during this stressful time of isolation as well as a historical perspective that will remain relevant for years to come. All contributing authors and business partners are donating their share to The Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc), a nonprofit organization that coordinates charitable programs to strengthen the bookselling community. The roster of diverse voices includes Faith Adiele, Kwame Alexander, Jenna Blum, Andre Dubus III, Jamie Ford, Nikki Giovanni, Pam Houston, Jean Kwok, Major Jackson, Devi S. Laskar, Caroline Leavitt, Ada Limón, Dani Shapiro, David Sheff, Garth Stein, Luis Alberto Urrea, Steve Yarbrough, and Lidia Yuknavitch. The overarching theme is how this age of isolation and uncertainty is changing us as individuals and a society. "Alone Together showcases the human desire to grieve, explore, comfort, connect, and simply sit with the world as it weathers the pandemic. Jennifer Haupt's timely and moving anthology also benefits the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, making it a project that is noble in both word and deed."—Ann Patchett, Bestselling author, bookseller, and Co-Ambassador for The Book Industry Charitable Foundation

Download or read book In the Midst Color Edition written by Sandy Tritt and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-22 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the FULL COLOR edition of In the Midst. "You know, you should edit an anthology about COVID-19. Capture the raw emotions and coping mechanisms of people from all over the world-while the pandemic is still ongoing."I shook my head to rid it of that crazy thought. It came back stronger. "Millions of people throughout the world are experiencing the same emotions-anger, anxiety, fear, sadness. But they don't realize their feelings are universal-truly universal." I couldn't argue with that, so I ran a small ad, thinking I'd be out a few bucks and that little voice in my head would finally take a nap. Instead, hundreds of submissions from new writers to well-published authors and from art students to world-renowned artists poured in. Entries arrived from six continents (all but Antarctica!). From throughout the U.S. and Canada. From South Africa and Zimbabwe. From Australia and New Zealand. From England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, the Netherlands. From India and Bangladesh. From Argentina. Writers and artists from ten years old to somewhere in their nineties sent poems, original artwork, fiction, essays, photographs, and scripts. As I read, my heart ached for people suffering in so many ways from this unprecedented situation. But these entries carried much more than tears. They also showed the resilience of the human spirit. Many offered encouragement. Some shared ways of coping-especially creative ways, such as taking up new hobbies. Others found humor in the quest for toilet paper, the mandate to "wash your hands," and hair-from new hairdos and natural hair colors of those who can no longer see their hairdressers to COVID cuts for those who took the problem into their own hands. Some described new skills or practices that have improved their lives-things they will retain long after the pandemic is over. And many showed appreciation to the ones who've sacrificed to keep the world moving.What ties them all together? The universal experience of living in isolation and anxiety during a global pandemic with no end in sight. People are in crisis and need to share their experiences and imaginative solutions. Painstaking decisions were made to cut down the deluge of entries to this final selection of 100 pieces representing 84 authors and artists. I've always said that when you share your art or your writing, you share your soul. And we now celebrate the courageous people who have bared their souls to give you a glimpse into their lives. While all the entries are in English, many are flavored by British spelling and punctuation, American dialect, or some combination thereof. To protect the ethnic and cultural seasoning of the contributors, we have edited with a light hand, keeping the vernacular of the country of origin. I hope you are as touched as I have been by these honest, from-the-gut reactions while still IN THE MIDST of this historic pandemic. Hopefully, we'll see our way out of this soon, and this anthology will become a collection to help future generations understand exactly what it was like to endure separation from friends and family, shutdowns of schools, churches, and "non-essential" businesses, and, of course, the fear and suffering caused by illness and death. Thank you for reading. We do not expect that every entry will entertain every reader, but we are sure each reader will be profoundly affected by at least a few of the entries. NOTE: The cover was designed and created by Lana Hunneyball. The artwork featured on the card faces are among the more than 30 original creations or photos included within the anthology.

Download or read book Plague Invasion written by Carolyn Cordon and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-25 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Anthology of poetry and prose written in response to the Covid=19 virus, that challenged all in early 2020, and continues to challenge us still. From silly to serious, and fiction to non-fiction, this book contains the words of contributors who heeded the call for those words, and will be a reminder in future times, about how so many people lost the plot over toilet paper.

Download or read book Pens of the Pandemic the Wisdom of Young Writers Throughout COVID 19 written by The Intuitive Writing and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 268-page anthology--featuring 160 stories, essays and poems from 81 young writers--is but a small sampling of all the incredible writing we collected on our blog, Pens of the Pandemic, throughout the first 18 months of COVID-19. In this book, you will get a glimpse into the inspiring courage, creativity and resilience of young people, writing from home during shelter-in-place.

Download or read book Viral written by D. T. Adams and published by D. T. Adams. This book was released on 2021-03-29 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic: uncensored observations, mini stories and more Reflections on the catastrophe that was the COVID-19 pandemic. The pieces of writing in this collection are presented in three categories: – ‘Lockdown’. Restricted movement, common activities banned and socialising outlawed. These are three key aspects of the brutal, draconian rules we had to live by. ‘Lockdown’ looks at life under severe, often debilitating restrictions. – ‘The Government’. Wreaking havoc with a few choice words, allowing our lives to go into meltdown and exercising a frightening amount of power. These are three things governments did in an attempt to protect us from the deadly virus. ‘The Government’ questions and criticises many decisions made by our daring leaders. – ‘The Media’. Inducing terror with overly dramatic headlines, encouraging us all to panic and making us see the harmless as hazardous. These are three things the media did while the virus continued its assault on the world. ‘The Media’ is all about the official reporting of the pandemic and how it affected our approach to it. The pandemic affected us all and changed our lives in breathtaking ways. Everyone has thoughts, opinions and beliefs to do with it. Here are mine. If you’re after a social commentary that gets you thinking about the nightmare pandemic, you’ll enjoy reading Viral. Buy now and see what I have to say about the virus that plunged the world into a crisis situation like no other.

Download or read book Covid 19 Exposition and Poetry on Coronavirus written by Joseph Spence S, Sr and published by Clever Fox Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-07 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This uplifting and inspiring Covid-19 Anthology is a book of exalting and exhilarating enhancements about life in times of crisis. It presents some critical historical facts on the development of Covid-19. It dives into how it started and the potential ways it impacts humanity. The possible ways of transitioning from animals to humans are highlighted with some specificity. The anthology concludes with a series of poetic inspirations from worldwide poets. Their elaborations regarding Covid-19 are very formidable, eloquent, gripping, persuasive, and stunning. The overall perspective is eradication, elimination, extermination, disappearance, and non-existence of Covid-19 from the face of the earth-never to return! The words used by the poets are vibrant, sparkling, high-spirited, passionate, and dynamic. They have experienced the impact of Covid-19 on their loved ones, family members, and community. As such, they felt the sting it produces and lasting negative aftermath. However, each poet maintains faith and looks forward to embracing the emboldened sun's golden rays in the morn. They fully realized that darkness only lasts for the night until the stimulating beauty of dawn arrives, driving the darkness away! Please get your copy today and immerse your mind, body, and soul in their inspiring plea of inspirational deliverance to the Almighty!

Download or read book False Witness written by Karin Slaughter and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "There's deception, sabotage, violence, family secrets . . . all the stuff you could want from a fictional page-turner."— theSkimm Recommended by Washington Post • theSkimm • GMA.com • Popsugar • Bustle • Atlanta Journal-Constitution • Augusta Chronicle • Sun-Sentinel • Mystery and Suspense Magazine • and more! He saw what you did. He knows who you are… From the New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her and The Silent Wife, an electrifying standalone thriller. AN ORDINARY LIFE… Leigh Collier has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life. She’s an up-and-coming defense attorney at a prestigious law firm in Atlanta, would do anything for her sixteen-year-old daughter Maddy, and is managing to successfully coparent through a pandemic after an amicable separation from her husband Walter. HIDES A DEVASTATING PAST... But Leigh’s ordinary life masks a childhood no one should have to endure … a childhood tarnished by secrets, broken by betrayal, and ultimately destroyed by a brutal act of violence. BUT NOW THE PAST IS CATCHING UP… On a Sunday night at her daughter’s school play, she gets a call from one of the firm's partners who wants Leigh to come on board to defend a wealthy man accused of multiple counts of rape. Though wary of the case, it becomes apparent she doesn't have much choice if she wants to keep her job. They're scheduled to go to trial in one week. When she meets the accused face-to-face, she realizes that it’s no coincidence that he’s specifically asked for her to represent him. She knows him. And he knows her. More to the point, he may know what happened over twenty years ago, and why Leigh has spent two decades avoiding her past. AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT. Suddenly she has a lot more to lose than this case. The only person who can help is her younger, estranged sister Callie—the last person Leigh would ever want to drag into this after all they’ve been through. But with the life-shattering truth in danger of being revealed, she has no choice... “A high-stakes thriller . . . Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous.” –OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE

Download or read book Our Inside Voices written by Matthew Wengert and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthology of creative writing, including essays, memoirs, poetry, and short stories by various Australian authors, written in the wake of the severe and sudden cultural and social changes caused by the COVID019 pandemic. An early creative response by more than fifty writers, looking beyond the quick journalism and abstract statistics to offer deeper reflection on the cultural and social dimensions of the 2020 pandemic.

Download or read book Post Corona written by Scott Galloway and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestseller! "Few are better positioned to illuminate the vagaries of this transformation than Galloway, a tech entrepreneur, author and professor at New York University’s Stern School. In brisk prose and catchy illustrations, he vividly demonstrates how the largest technology companies turned the crisis of the pandemic into the market-share-grabbing opportunity of a lifetime." --The New York Times "As good an analysis as you could wish to read." --The Financial Times From bestselling author and NYU Business School professor Scott Galloway comes a keenly insightful, urgent analysis of who stands to win and who's at risk to lose in a post-pandemic world The COVID-19 outbreak has turned bedrooms into offices, pitted young against old, and widened the gaps between rich and poor, red and blue, the mask wearers and the mask haters. Some businesses--like home exercise company Peloton, video conference software maker Zoom, and Amazon--woke up to find themselves crushed under an avalanche of consumer demand. Others--like the restaurant, travel, hospitality, and live entertainment industries--scrambled to escape obliteration. But as New York Times bestselling author Scott Galloway argues, the pandemic has not been a change agent so much as an accelerant of trends already well underway. In Post Corona, he outlines the contours of the crisis and the opportunities that lie ahead. Some businesses, like the powerful tech monopolies, will thrive as a result of the disruption. Other industries, like higher education, will struggle to maintain a value proposition that no longer makes sense when we can't stand shoulder to shoulder. And the pandemic has accelerated deeper trends in government and society, exposing a widening gap between our vision of America as a land of opportunity, and the troubling realities of our declining wellbeing. Combining his signature humor and brash style with sharp business insights and the occasional dose of righteous anger, Galloway offers both warning and hope in equal measure. As he writes, "Our commonwealth didn't just happen, it was shaped. We chose this path--no trend is permanent and can't be made worse or corrected."