A look into 2020 through the diverse eyes of interviewees from New York City. These interviewees describe their thoughts and experiences living through the pandemic.
COVID Rewind: Thoughts & Reflections
Hopeful
journey while traveling
My piece “journey while traveling” was inspired by my high school experiences and transformation into a young adult. This poem starts with me as a young teen and progresses into my exploration of adulthood.
What I Wish You Knew
In this personal essay, I reveal the difficulty I undergo when opening up to someone but also emphasize the hopeful outlook I have in my journey of growth.
The March of Yellow Butterflies
Two women talk as the world comes to an end.
Haiku Series for Erik and Lloyd Ocean
This piece is inspired by Erik Simpanen and Lloyd Mullings, both of whom I read about in The New York Times. They were married in September 2020 and changed their last names to Ocean.
Bruised Pork
Emilee finally returns home to Chinatown after a long semester, welcomed by her family members who have been preparing for their restaurant’s opening. But before she even sets foot in their door, an unexpected trip happens.
The Seasons of Love
Love has been written about in thousands of ways across the short 4.5 billion years the earth has spun around the moon. Read the perspective of this young, hopeful romantic, navigating nature and the seasons of love.
Once Upon A Very Dirty Borough
The Princess of New York City struggles to literally find her voice and come into her inheritance—a stutter, and the power to speak.
Nothing Is Normal
This film continues Adelaide’s story from “Far Away Is Closer Than You Think,” an original short film featuring the same main character. She realizes life isn’t going back to normal, yet… but what is normal?
The Diaspora
This poem is about the African diaspora and the struggles and experiences of being a Black woman.
The Pieces of Us
Do physical things mark the passage of time? What we hope to reveal is that these seemingly mundane objects have lives beyond the obvious—and that they’re filled with love, pain, stress and hope.
The Dream Industry
On Dream Jobs, we finally got the chance to interview a few employees from The Dream Industry and the owner of the company himself! They had no idea this was part of a larger series!
Martha ‘Marty’ Farias
2020 f*cked with us all, and no words can describe the pain and trauma people all over the world went through. This is a tribute to the people we lost, to the pain.
reverie
/ˈrev(ə)rē/
noun
a state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts; a daydream.
Christmas in the City
I was inspired to write this piece in December 2020 when I was absorbing the Christmas spirit in a shut-down New York City.