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Tag: Pandemic

From Bed to Shed: Writing Through the Pandemic

31st March 2022  Lucy Writers

Two years after the first UK lockdown, writers Shamini Sriskandarajah and Elodie Barnes reflect on how the restrictions (and opportunities) of Covid-19 have altered and shaped their creative practices.

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Posted in Arts, Books, Creative Writing, InterviewsTagged: Covid-19, Elodie Rose Barnes, Lockdown Living, lockdown writing, Pandemic, recovery, Shamini Sriskandarajah, writing

Emanance by Ramya Jegatheesan

28th March 202228th March 2022  Ramya Jegatheesan

A young woman slowly unravels during lockdown when compulsively chronicling her own body’s deterioration in Ramya Jegatheesan’s stunning short story, ‘Emanance’.

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Posted in Creative Writing, FictionTagged: Bodies, eating disorders, Fiction, Lockdown, My Body's Bodies Editorial, obsessive compulsive disorder, Pandemic, Ramya Jegatheesan, short fiction

Owning the Body by Ayo Deforge

21st March 2022  Ayo Deforge

In this moving and powerful piece, Author Ayo Deforge discusses bodily agency, freedom of choice and consent, and the French state’s unrelenting control over citizens’ bodies during the pandemic.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Health and Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, OpinionTagged: Bodies, Corona Virus, Covid-19, France, My Body's Bodies Editorial, Pandemic, vaccination

Lucy Writers Announces Our New Arts Council England Funded Project, What the Water Gave Us

24th February 202224th February 2022  Lucy Writers

Lucy Writers is proud to announce its new Arts Council England funded mentoring project, What the Water Gave Us, for emerging women writers.

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Posted in Arts, Books, Creative Writing, Lucy Features, My Cambridge, Non-FictionTagged: Arts Council England, Arts Council England National Lottery Grant, Brexit Britain, Burley Fisher, Claire Hynes, Elodie Rose Barnes, Emma Claire Sweeney, Emma Hanson, Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou, Immigration, Irenosen Okojie, Jenny Chamarette, Lucy Cavendish College, migrant writers, Migration, Pandemic, Rojbîn Arjen Yigit, Selin Genc, Shamini Sriskandarajah, Shirley Ahura, So Mayer, Susan Barker, Takeaway Press, The Ruppin Agency, water, What the Water Gave Us, Yen Ooi, Yvonne Battle-Felton

The Café and the Writer by Naima Rashid

15th February 202215th February 2022  Naima Rashid

Naima Rashid reflects on the pleasure and importance of the café space to her writing practise – a room of one’s own away from the demands of home and hearth.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: café, Lockdown, lockdown writing, Motherhood, Naima Rashid, Pandemic, women writers, writers, writing, Writing Life

‘A Friendship Lost’ by Lolly Spindler

11th May 2021  Lolly Spindler

In her audio poem, ‘A Friendship Lost’, Lolly Spindler recalls the abrupt end to an important relationship and the feelings of shock, loss and loneliness that ensued.

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Posted in Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: audio poem, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, Lockdown Living, Lolly Spindler, lost friendship, Pandemic, Poetry, Spoken Word

‘Anchor Ourselves’ by Anna McKelvie

27th April 202128th April 2021  Anna McKelvie

In her poem, actor and poet Anna McKelvie cleverly employs the metaphor of a boat at sea to express the difficulties, uncertainty and camaraderie experienced during the pandemic. Here, friendship triumphs over troubled waters.

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Posted in Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: Corona Pandemic, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, Lockdown, Lockdown Living, Pandemic

‘Love from Polly’ by Polly Constance

6th April 2021  Polly Constance

In this poetic record of responses to her close friend and collaborator, Polly Constance captures the broken forms of contact and socially distanced care many of us have encountered during lockdown.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: communication, dancers, dancing, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, emails, Friends, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, letter writing, Lockdown Living, Pandemic, Polly Constance

What Happened to the Adders? by Suzannah Ball

31st March 202131st March 2021  Suzannah Ball

In this personal essay, Suzannah Ball meditates on what death means for those left behind, the experience of intergenerational grief and the effect of small but continuous losses on our lives.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: creative non-fiction, Creative Writing, death, grief, Intergenerational grief, loss, mortality, Pandemic, Suzannah Ball

Disagreements in lockdown by Shamini Sriskandarajah

29th March 202129th March 2021  Shamini Sriskandarajah

In this compelling personal essay, Shamini Sriskandarajah recounts a year of trying to connect with friends over text, email, phone and post; of having to explain racism to one white friend and denounce violent sexism to another.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: Asian women, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Corona Virus, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, Lockdown, Lockdown Living, Pandemic

‘We Might Be The Next Toni & Angela’ by Janyce Denise Glasper

11th March 202111th March 2021  Janyce Denise Glasper

In this heartfelt personal essay, artist Janyce Denise Glasper recalls the years of solid friendship she’s shared and enjoyed with writer Asia Aneka Anderson, the Angela Davis to her Toni Morrison.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: Angela Davis, Artist, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, friendship, Gail Jones, Lockdown, Lockdown Living, Pandemic, Toni Cade Bambera, Toni Morrison, writing

‘Dance – Alone – Together: Relational Presence in Post-Proximity Days’ by Georgia Gardner

17th February 20214th March 2021  Georgia Gardner

In her film, artist Georgia Gardner reflects on her experience of learning and participating in movement workshops via Zoom, and how the transition from physical space to a virtual one creates new selves and connections.

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Posted in Arts, Dance, Film and MediaTagged: Artist, choreographer, connection, Dance, dancer, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, Film, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, Georgia Gardner, home, Lockdown Living, movement, Pandemic, studio, vimeo, yoga, Zoom

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