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The introduction frames quarantine as a shared disruption marked by fear, anxiety, anger, grief, frustration, and also moments of happiness, insight, and joy. Contributors explore how time feels when the world shrinks and imagine how lives may change after the pandemic ends, preserving these experiences for future historical memory.","A N A N T H O L O G Y  \nLife in the Time of COVID-19  \nWHAT WAS & WHAT WILL BE  \nEDITED BY BARBARA SHOUP  \nIntroduction  \nSince 2014 , the Indiana Writers Center, Dance Kaleidoscope, JCC Indianapolis, the Jewish Community Relations Council, and others have partnered to present a program for the annual Spirit and Place Festival, bringing writers and dancers together to explore an issue of importance to our community. This year, the issue was obvious—and “What It Was and Will Be” was born.  \nWhen Covid-19 hit this spring, nobody’s life was untouched by it. We pared our lives down to the necessities and sheltered in the best way we could. Sometimes we were surprised by what we didn’t need, sometimes by what we missed (and how much we missed it. ) We celebrated birthdays and graduations with drive-by parties; Zoom cocktail hours kept us in touch. We mourned our losses without the comfort of loved ones surrounding us. We wondered if it would ever end.  \nWhether the personal consequences of the virus have been tragic or just deeply disorienting, we’ve all had moments of fear, anxiety, anger, grief, and frustration, as well as moments of happiness, insight, and even joy. Living through this strange time has been different for each of us—yet, in many ways, the same.  \nWe asked Hoosiers to write about their experiences during this time, challenging them to think about what being quarantined has been like, what they learned about themselves, others, the world we share. We asked them to tell us how time feels when the world suddenly shrinks, and how they’ve been spending that time. We asked them to imagine how their lives will be different when, finally, the pandemic is over.  \n“The horror of that moment,” the king went on, “I shall never forget it!”  \n“You will,” the Red Queen thought, “if you don’t make a memorandum of it.  \nLewis Carol, Alice in Wonderland  \nLike the king, we think we’ll never forget what it was like to live through the 2020 Pandemic. But the Red Queen was right. Memories fade over time and we find ourselves grasping for details from bygone days. So, it’s important to write our stories down—for ourselves and for our families, of course, but also to contribute to the historical record of our times.  \nLetter writing has become a lost art; thus, future historians will be denied the riches of ordinary life they have traditionally conveyed. I think of the pieces in this anthology as letters waiting to be discovered years from now by those who want to understand what  \nlife was like during COVID 19. Maybe because they’re curious; maybe because they’reliving through a pandemic themselves and are looking for guidance.  \nAnd imagine them discovering the ancient YouTube video of beautiful dances choreographed by Dance Kaleidoscope dancers, visual interpretations of ten stories read by their authors!  \nI hope you will enjoy reading the responses to the pandemic in What It Was and Will Be. To encourage you to write about your own experience, we have added a list of promptsat the end of the anthology, as well as several exercises guaranteed to help you get your memories on the page. If you’d like what you write to be included in an addendum to this online anthology, please send [them to](them to spiritandplace@indianawriters.org)[ ](them to spiritandplace@indianawriters.org)[spiritandplace@indianawriters.org](them to spiritandplace@indianawriters.org).  \nAnd be sure to watch the online performance of “What It Was and Will Be.” The video will go live at 2 p. m. on Sunday, November 8. It will be available for viewing through Sunday, November 22 at 5 p. m. 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