Pandemic in America

Essays
Written By Amanda Barusch

A personal essay on living in a United States devastated by COVID-19, Pandemic in America reflects on collective grief, vulnerability, and national fracture. It was published in Newsroom New Zealand’s Ideasroom in 2021.

  • Type – personal essay

  • Publication / Venue – Ideasroom, Newsroom New Zealand

  • Publisher – Newsroom New Zealand

  • Publication date – March 1, 2021

  • Format(s) – online

  • Available at – Newsroom New Zealand

  • About this work – Written during the COVID-19 pandemic, this personal essay reflects on the emotional toll of living in a nation overwhelmed by loss, fear, and division.

Amanda Barusch

Amanda Barusch has worked as a janitor, exotic dancer, editor, and college professor. She lives in the American West, where she spends as much time as possible on dirt paths. She has an abiding disdain for boundaries and adores ambiguity. Amanda has published eight books of non-fiction, a few poems, and a growing number of short stories. Aging Angry is her first work of creative non-fiction. She uses magical realism to explore deep truths of the human experience in this ever-changing world.

https://www.amandabarusch.com
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