How we can recover from terrible ruptures the pandemic toxic politics racist horrors class
warfare gendered violence and ecological brinksmanship. Individually and collectively we
bear deep wounds. Some of these are generations old all have been worsened by a destructive
period of pyrrhic politics that left us ill-equipped to respond to a global health catastrophe.
As we struggle to recover our footing and grieve our dead Boston Review believes that the arts
must have a voice in the conversation about how we heal. In this new anthology of poetry
fiction and essays from renowned writers and newcomers writers explore whether and how we can
repair terrible ruptures life-threatening illnesses and the pandemic toxic politics racist
horrors class warfare gendered violence and ecological brinksmanship. Contributors Ariella
Aisha Azoulay Kemi Alabi Donia Elizabeth Allen Don Mee Choi Adebe DeRango-Adem Emma Dries
Farah Jasmine Griffin Randall Horton Savonna Johnson Kim Hyesoon Maya Marshall Colleen
Murphy Simone Person aureleo sans Bishakh Som Olúfmi O. Táíwò Meredith Talusan Brian
Teare Yiru Zhang
