Inspired By 'The Decameron,' These Poems Are A Modern Pandemic Time Capsule
If you, like many people, are getting through the dragging months of the pandemic by being Very Online, you'll find poet Leigh Stein's new book is a perfect encapsulation of that experience.
A lot of us know what it felt like being stuck inside during the pandemic: We were bored, and almost always on the internet. Writer Leigh Stein's new book of poems is a sort of time capsule that captures this experience.
"I'm someone who has always pushed back against the idea that the internet is not real life," Stein says. "So I see our lives on social media as just as
