Description: "This book tells the story of COVID-19 in New York City through oral histories, poetry and first-person narratives. Emphasizing work, suffering, and coping, the book covers the winter of 2020 to the summer of 2023 and presents the words of New Yorkers from all five boroughs"-- Provided by publisher.
Review Quotes:
When the City Stopped, a simple oral history of essential workers in New York, provides [a] comprehensive account of COVID's acute impacts and, consequently, its lingering effects.
-- "Journal of Urban Affairs"