What is it about?
This article is about the difficulty of writing during the COVID-19 pandemic. It follows the author's search for inspiration in the work of literary scholar and cultural critic Lauren Berlant. Ultimately, the article uses this approach to argue for the importance of work that often goes unnoticed in ordinary life and academia.
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Why is it important?
This article brings to the surface forms of time that are often uncelebrated, but are crucial to everyday life, by exploring the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of Berlant's thought. These include fragmentation, repetition, and ongoingness. It argues for the need to recognise the dual experience of the academic and domestic in the practice of writing.
Perspectives
This article is written from a feminist perspective and I hope it encourages others to see the importance of domestic practices of care within their writing practices.
Clare Johnson
University of the West of England
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This page is a summary of: Searching for Lauren Berlant: Reflections on writing, temporality and loss, Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, September 2022, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/jwcp_00041_1.
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