In a coronavirus quarantine diary, 'The Other Americans' author Laila reads 'The Bell Jar,' recommends Kiese Laymon's 'Heavy' and watches 'Devs.'
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After breakfast, I emailed with my publicist to discuss canceled book events. The paperback of my latest novel, “,” was released on March 17, just as bookstores across the country were closing and laying off their staffs. There’s a lot of uncertainty about the future, so we resolved to wait and see before rebooking anything.
Later that morning, I watched what I could stomach of the White House daily briefing. The president’s science denialism, his slow response and his sheer incompetence will cost many lives, I fear. To clear my head, I took a 15-minute walk, taking care to maintain social distancing — the new normal. When I got back, we ate lunch, then made strong Cuban coffee. Feeling slightly rejuvenated, I tried to do some writing. Ordinarily, I use a software calledto block social media, but once the pandemic started I had to add news sites to my block list to make sure I can focus. The first half hour was hard, but eventually habit kicked in and by the time I looked up again, three hours had passed and I had two pages. Not bad.
At dinner, we debated what movie to watch. Our daughter loves horror and suspense films and, when we realized that she’d never seen “,” we decided to stream it together. Horror is traditionally a place where we work out our greatest fears. I’m pretty sure Danny Boyle was trying to warn us that the virus that turns people into zombies isn’t nearly as dangerous as greedy, immoral humans. AndAfter the movie, we went to bed early.
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