This is not really related to writing family histories, except in the ways it is also about capturing shared histories before they fade from memory and are lost. But I love the collage form, and writing essays that are as much about other people’s voices as they are about my own, and I’d love to have your thoughts to add to this one.
I'm working on a collage essay that will gather other people's thoughts on the pandemic years as we, hopefully, begin to move beyond the worst of it. Would you like to contribute some thoughts? You can do so here:
Wow, Sarah. Beautifully heartbreaking.