Stories from Quarantine (Originally: The Decameron Project) Short stories commissioned by The New York Times MagazineA stunning collection of new fiction previously published as The Decameron Project and originally commissioned by The New York Times Magazine as the COVID 19 pandemic first spread acrossthe world, from twenty nine authors including Margaret Atwood, Tommy Orange, Edwidge Danticat, Rachel Kushner, Colm Tibn, Charles Yu, and more. When reality is surreal, only fiction can make sense of it In 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio wrote The Decameron: one hundred

and laughing through the tears

so we need to figure out which ones really matter

which appeared more like the Promised Land to so many at one time

Dilon Marsh

There's the lady of the manor who is hiding a secret close to her heart

"Richmond Lattimore is that rara avis in our age

was sipping tea in his “counting house” when he suffered an agonizing and sudden death

Man on the Balcony

Ideas of community

freshness and cheek

A New York Times bestseller

but crave all of the other things he's making her feel