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Patricia Lockwood explores the depths of Long COVID in the new novel “Will There Ever Be Another You”
In her new novel Will There Ever Be Another You, which chronicles her experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, literary icon Patricia Lockwood writes, “‘Please don’t write about it,’ people were already begging each other, so she kept the notebook secret.”
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Posthumous album of singer Kara Jane released on Severe ME Awareness Day
This month, on August 8, the posthumous album of a young singer was released to mark Severe ME Awareness Day. Kara Jane, from Derbyshire in the U.K., had myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) for most of her life and died in January 2023 at just 32 years old. Despite a life of immense pain and restriction, Kara…
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‘Black Swan’ graphic designer, Derrick Kardos, dies at 53 due to complications of Long COVID
Derrick Kardos, an Oscar-nominated graphic designer and Long COVID advocate, died on July 18 at the age of 53 due to complications of Long COVID, his family recently announced.
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Video essay: How does Long COVID affect queer and trans communities?
Taipei is a drag queen in dramatic vampy makeup and a platinum blonde bob hairstyle. She wears a glitter burgundy dress with a bright red fur lined jacket over the top. She summarizes the unique ways in which Long COVID affects the queer and trans communities, showing examples of articles to illustrate her talking points.
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Churches are ignoring the Long COVID crisis. Some say it’s at odds with Christian values.
COVID-concerned Christians and Christians with Long COVID feel abandoned by their religious institutions, alongside other institutions — a blow they believe contradicts the clear connections between Christian values and COVID-19 precautions.
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Colorado art exhibition showcases creative expressions of Long COVID, advocates for research and treatment
A new exhibition at the Artworks Center for Contemporary Art in Loveland, Colorado, showcases 24 pieces of visual art by 15 artists who live with or are impacted by Long COVID. Within a dynamic gallery space, a diversity of work showcases different aspects of the Long COVID experience under the theme “And Still It Remains.”
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I want a Long COVID language revolution — not language imposed onto my sick, disabled body
I wondered: Might there be a way to alter ableist language about disabled Long COVID lives and bodies? Or, at the very least, my own disabled body? So I talked with disabled experts who’ve written about disability and language and surveyed The Sick Times readers about their feelings around the language often used for our…
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“Long COVID Mode”: Seeing the crisis through games
Games uniquely incorporate emotional and social factors that influence how we take in information — making them surprisingly useful communication tools in a world in denial about the ongoing threats of COVID-19 and Long COVID. Whether through the cathartic storytelling in indie designers’ interactive theater projects or learning opportunities woven into popular video games, playing…
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Two Long COVID-focused performances show the power of art for reflection and solidarity
Two performances on April 24, in New York City and online, demonstrated how arts and theater spaces have become increasingly inaccessible to people with Long COVID, other chronic illnesses, and disabilities over the course of the ongoing pandemic — and how those artists are creating new spaces for themselves.
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A timely book of poetry chronicles a mother — and her daughters’ — experience with Long COVID
Breath / is not something / anyone would dare / to hold right now, / even for luck, Ann E. Wallace wrote on the 33rd day of her acute COVID-19 case, during the first wave of the pandemic in spring 2020. Half a decade later, breathing still doesn’t come easy for the Poet Laureate Emeritus…
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