The Quarantine Review, Issue 2

The Quarantine Review, Issue 2
Author: Sheeza Sarfraz
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2020-07-21
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1459748166

The second issue of a digital journal created to alleviate the malaise of social distancing with exceptional writing and artwork. The Quarantine Review celebrates literature and art, connecting readers through reflections on the human condition — our lived experiences, afflictions, and dreams. As we face a pandemic with profound implications, the essays within offer a variety of perspectives on the current predicament, encouraging readers to reflect on the world we knew before and contemplate how society can be reshaped once we emerge. Through The Quarantine Review, Dupuis and Sarfraz hope to give voice to the swirling emotions inside each of us during this unprecedented moment, to create a circuit of empathy between the reader, the work itself, and the wider world beyond the walls of our homes. This issue includes writing from Waris Ahluwalia, Catherine Bush, Roseanne Carrara, J.J. Dupuis, Khandijah Kanji, J.J. Martin, C.S. O'Cinneide, Terese Mason Pierre, Teri Vlassopoulos, and artwork by Blaise Moritz.

The Saints

The Saints
Author: Lex Thomas
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab& 8482
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2014-07-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1606845403

The world inside an infected Colorado high school quarantined by the government takes a startling turn for the worse when a new gang enters the school and starts gaining power.

The Loners

The Loners
Author: Lex Thomas
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ®
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1606843303

It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High—until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And that was just the beginning. A year later, McKinley has descended into chaos. All the students are infected with a virus that makes them deadly to adults. The school is under military quarantine. The teachers are gone. Violent gangs have formed based on high school social cliques. Without a gang, you're as good as dead. And David has no gang. It's just him and his little brother, Will, against the whole school. In this frighteningly dark and captivating novel, Lex Thomas locks readers inside a school where kids don't fight to be popular, they fight to stay alive.

Mike Mignola: The Quarantine Sketchbook

Mike Mignola: The Quarantine Sketchbook
Author: Mike Mignola
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2021-03-16
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1506724272

During the coronavirus quarantine, legendary Hellboy creator Mike Mignola posted original pencil sketches online and auctioned off the art to raise money for José Andres' World Central Kitchen. The sketches went viral and were the talk of the comics internet. Now those sketches are published in print for the first time, with all profits going to the World Central Kitchen. This new, oversized hardcover collection is a must have for Mignola readers and art fans alike. The book features an introduction by Christine Mignola, alongside sketches of Hellboy, beloved and unexpected pop culture characters, macabre chess pieces, gothic vegetable creatures, strange vampires, and more.

The Quarantine Review

The Quarantine Review
Author: Sheeza Sarfraz
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2020-07-21
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1459748158

The second incisive issue of a digital literary journal born out of self-isolation. During this trying time, the journal aims to lift spirits and engage minds with stimulating poetry, works of fiction, and art, while also publishing opinion pieces, personal essays, and cultural commentary.

The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition

The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
Author: Fernando Pessoa
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2017-08-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0811226948

For the first time—and in the best translation ever—the complete Book of Disquiet, a masterpiece beyond comparison The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa’s greatest literary achievement. An “autobiography” or “diary” containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically, in a complete English edition by master translator Margaret Jull Costa. Most of the texts in The Book of Disquiet are written under the semi-heteronym Bernardo Soares, an assistant bookkeeper. This existential masterpiece was first published in Portuguese in 1982, forty-seven years after Pessoa’s death. A monumental literary event, this exciting, new, complete edition spans Fernando Pessoa’s entire writing life.

Quarantine: A Love Story

Quarantine: A Love Story
Author: Katie Cicatelli-Kuc
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1338232932

Love can be contagious in this infectiously fun romance by debut author Katie Cicatelli-Kuc. Oliver wants a girlfriend, and there's a girl back home who might be interested in him. The problem is, he has to spend his spring break on a volunteer trip in the Dominican Republic. Flora, on the other hand, isn't really looking for a boyfriend. She just wants to end a miserable spring break visiting her dad and her new stepmom in the D.R.The solution to both their problems? Get back home to New York ASAP. Sadly, they won't be getting there anytime soon. Their hopes are dashed when Flora's impulsiveness lands them in quarantine -- just the two of them. Now, the two teens must come together in order to survive life in a bubble for 30 days. In that time, love will bloom. But is it the real thing, or just a placebo effect? In her debut novel, Katie Cicatelli-Kuc delivers an introspective and witty story about finding love in the most unexpected place.

QUARANTINE REVIEW

QUARANTINE REVIEW
Author: JEFFREY DUPUIS AND SHEEZA. SARFRAZ
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre:
ISBN: 9780369348012

The Quarantine Review, Issue 9

The Quarantine Review, Issue 9
Author: Sheeza Sarfraz
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2021-08-10
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 145974943X

The ninth incisive issue of a digital literary journal born out of self-isolation. During this trying time, the journal aims to lift spirits and engage minds with stimulating poetry, works of fiction, and art, while also publishing opinion pieces, personal essays, and cultural commentary.