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Title:

Alone together : love, grief, and comfort during the time of COVID-19 / edited by Jennifer Haupt

Publisher:

Central Avenue Publishing

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

258 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

COVID-19 (Disease)--Prevention.
Quarantine--Psychological aspects.
Self-help publications.
Literature.

Other Authors:

Haupt, Jennifer, editor.

Contents:

What now? -- Grieve -- Comfort -- Connect -- And don't stop.

Summary:

Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19 is a collection of essays, poems, and interviews to serve as a lifeline for negotiating how to connect and thrive during this stressful time of isolation as well as a historical perspective that will remain relevant for years to come. All net profits will be donated to The Book Industry Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit organization that coordinates charitable programs to strengthen the bookselling community. Ms. Haupt rallied a diverse roster of more than 90 authors to contribute their work to Alone Together, free of charge, including Kwame Alexander, Jenna Blum, Andre Dubus III, Jamie Ford, Nikki Giovanni, Pam Houston, Jean Kwok, Major Jackson, Caroline Leavitt, Ada Limón, Dani Shapiro, David Sheff, Garth Stein, Luis Alberto Urrea, Steve Yarbrough, and Lidia Yuknavitch. The overarching theme is how this age of isolation and uncertainty holds the possibility of changing us as individuals and a society. A collection of interviews, essays and poetry. Every author, editor, and business partner has donated their creativity and services to support independent booksellers in need.

ISBN:

9781771682282
1771682280

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1154339787

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

YYPC162 -- Mechanicsville Public Library (Mechanicsville)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)