Unheard Voices of the Pandemic reveals through first-person narratives what happened the year the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the United States.
The seventeen stories included in this collection speak to the precarity, uncertainty, and injustice of that year, but also to bravery, solidarity, and generosity. Although the shadow cast by the COVID-19 pandemic is long, the insights gleaned through listening can last longer.
Dao X. Tran was born in Mỹ Tho and grown in Philadelphia, where she was active in antiracist and youth organizing. She is managing editor of the Voice of Witness oral history book series. In her former role as senior editor at Haymarket Books, she coedited with Michele Bollinger 101 Changemakers: Rebels and Radicals Who Changed US History. She is based in Brooklyn where she lives with her high schooler, Quyên, and dog, Paisley.
Publication date: September 7, 2021
"This book, and all VOW oral histories, offer powerful insights into the narrators’ life experiences, as well as serve as important examples of oral histories as an educational tool for social change." —Rachel Brand, University of San Francisco
Edited by Michele Bollinger and Dao X. Tran
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