The Trick Is to Keep Breathing : Covid 19 Stories From African and North American Writers

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.... Cover Title page Copyright page Contents Contributor’s Bio Notes Introduction Essays and Non Fictions C. Liegh McInnis Staying Socially and Politically Active While Socially Distancing: Making the Issues around COVID-19 Part of One’s Activism Tendai Rinos Mwanaka CORONA VIRUS LOCKDOWN JOURNALS FOR INMATE #4 567356809: Thought Tracks Fictions jabulani mzinyathi Tested [20.04.2020] Paris Smith Cool Boss Moe Dee James Harper DO NOT OPEN Michael S. Walker Trouble Comin’ Every Day Nick Romeo Withdrawn Poetry Karl W. Carter, Jr. A NOTE IN A TIME OF VIRUS A TIME IN QUARANTINE William Khalipwina Mpina Black nights Spitting dreams Black Curtain Charlie R. Braxton La Réouverture EXTINCTION (For Don, Rick and Rex) No Reason with No Rhyme: A Flow For Big Floyd We Are Excerpts from the Gospel Reimagined CHISIMDI GEORGE THE DISINTEGRATION VIRUS Adjei Agyei-Baah Corona Chronicles: Five Senryu Marie Jawo Coronavirus and our lives C. Liegh McInnis COVID Consequences of Clan Governance Changming Yuan More Vectors Sonnet to the Other Side of Night At Some Future Moment Their Nights Awaiting in 2020, the Year Which Mohammed U. Yusuf breathe The Unbidden JOY RITA EKUMBA WARRING FISTS MY COVID CONCEPT NOTE Bonface Nyamweya Let the Green Grass Grow Pandemic Panic Archie Swanson breathe... gone Samantha Diane Raptosh The Previous President’s Mixing Seems the Whole World is Becoming America Isaac Kilibwa Breathe Slow Dancing This Day This Scripture Chad Norman SNOWFLAKES IN A FAMOUS TAIL THE MYSTERY TOSS CONFESSIONS OF A HOMEOWNER AND THE NEW LITTERS Roy Venketsamy THE WILL TO SURVIVE Cheryl Caesar To a twig in winter Ken Weene Wind chimes in the time of COVID Ann Privateer Venturing Out Happy Embrace Stretching Boundaries Duane L Herrmann MASKED CONCERN DEATH HUG TOUCHLESS C. Christy White Fire Season Again Adiela Akoo Abba’s Gone F.I. Goldhaber Disruptions Eugenics Blame Not the Virus Dee Allen BARREN EMERGE AGAIN Barbara L. Howard Roses from My Rose Bushes Life Lessons from Limbs Life, what is it? Back cover