The Pandemic Project - Volume 3

When Will It Be Safe? Avery Hibbs From messing around with our Closest friends whenever we please To our only means of interaction Allowed being through a screen. When will it be safe to meet Face to face again? From going to work four or Five days a week To work completely shutting Down for months at a time. When will it be safe to work again? From expanding our knowledge In school every day To all schooling being moved Virtually for the rest of the year. When will it be safe to learn In person again? From going to the gym every Week for a nice workout To being forced to find effective Ways to exercise from home. When will it be safe to work out again? From gathering with loved ones Whenever we long to see them 69

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The Pandemic Project - Volume 3

Published on Apr 12, 2022

SUNY Erie

The English Department is proud to introduce Volume 3 of The Pandemic Project, a collection of ECC students’ writing and artwork. The Pandemic Project: Volume 3 was edited by Professor Jennifer Campbell, Associate Professor Lisa Wiley-Moslow, and student Liberty Hens, and contains the broadest scope yet of poems, stories, journals, research writing, artwork, and social commentary. The Pandemic Project began in Spring 2020, when Covid-19 prevented students from participating in the annual Spring Arts Festival. The collection of student writing and art was a way to give students a voice and to share their writing with the ECC community. The project has continued to give students an outlet for the emotions and challenges brought about by the pandemic. Fall 2021 was the first semester in which the English Department offered EN 299 Pandemic Literature, and some of the work of those students is featured in Volume 3.

The Pandemic Project - Volume 3

Articles inside

Faadel, Nouraldeen, Mask Up or Expire

Chittenden, Mychela, Prison During a Pandemic

The Vaccine Lottery

Muhire, David, Unexpected Miracle

Walker-Ryles, Tracee, A Resident’s Reality

O’Brien, Aiden, Pocket Knife

Woods, Ronisha, New World Order

Pollastro, Ceira, Love from a Distance

Klaskala, Nicolette, A Covid Christmas

Sounevongsa, Elizabeth, 565

Moslow, Lisa Wiley, Moving My Son into College During a Pandemic

Ross, Aidan, First Day Back

Haidvogel, Ariel, Stress Stone

Logan, Cody. Jefferson, Sinco. Tara, Dominic. F*ck the Pandemic: An Exquisite Corpse

Hibbs, Avery, When Will it Be Safe? Johnston, Lydia, Untitled Duplex.............................................................................................................................................................................................................97

Simon, Jack, The Pertinacious Aspect of Time

Edward, Kevin, Emotion of the Moment: March 17, 2020

Time Thief

Witka, Kalianna, Unseasoned

Matthewson, Aubrey, It was more than just a break

Nuwer, Rachel, Throughout COVID

Noel, Grace, Band Concert

Stutzman, River, March 13, 2020

Wilson, Kristina, The Speed of Light

If Only Lepers Wore Masks

Hens, Liberty, Color Wheel

Brown, Kristen, The Negative Impacts of the COVID Vaccine

Zaborny, Phillip, Age of Understanding

Decker, Aubrey, The Darkness Pulls Over Everything

Baker, Sarah, The Murder of Medicine: How Capitalism Has Changed the Healthcare Industry

Zamyslov, Tim, A Timeline of Fake News

Blight of the Crow