Contributors

Interviewees

Gustavo Ajche, bicycle courier
Richard Brea, New York City Police Department, retired
Maribel Gonzalez Christianson, owner, The South of France restaurant
Dave Crenshaw, community coach
Sheikh Musa Drammeh, founder of the Islamic Leadership School and the Muslim Media Corporation and CEO of Halalfinder.com
Veronica E. Fletcher, former teacher
Patricia Hernandez, sales clerk and student at John Jay College
Richard Jenkins, medical doctor, New York City (pseudonym)
Robert Kelley, vice president, Local 100, Transport Workers Union
Damien LaRock, special education teacher, PS 148, Queens
Jessica B. Martinez, global health expert
Nichole Matos, John Jay College of Criminal Justice student and gym worker
Alexandra L. Naranjo, client advocate
Steven Palmer, physician assistant and clinical coordinator, HIV vaccines unit, Columbia University Medical Center
Elizabeth Petrillo, cashier and student, St. John’s University
Ralph Rolle, musician, producer, and co-owner and proprietor of the Soul Snacks Cookie Company
Phil Suarez, paramedic, humanitarian aid worker, and a photographer
Christopher Tedeschi, emergency physician, Columbia Medical Center and Allen Hospital
Keerthan Thiyagarajah, LaGuardia Community College student and cook
Patricia Tiu, nurse, NewYork–Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Kleber Vera (Flame), hairstylist and LGBT activist
Re’gan Weal, bus operator, MTA New York City Transit

Bridget Bartolini, Queens Memory Project, Queens Public Library
Jamie Beckenstein, Queens Memory Project, Queens Public Library
Anthony Brognano, Lockdown Staten Island, College of Staten Island
Mary Marshall Clark, NYC COVID-19 Oral History, Narrative, and Memory Project; and director, Columbia Center for Oral History Research
Dr. Jane Kani Edward, Bronx COVID-19 Oral History Project, Fordham University
Bethany Fernandez, Bronx COVID-19 Oral History Project, Fordham University
Rishi Goyal, NYC COVID-19 Oral History, Narrative, and Memory Project
Martha Guerrero Badillo, doctoral student, History Department, Yale University
Ryan Hagen, NYC COVID-19 Oral History, Narrative, and Memory Project
Stephanie Khalifa, Lockdown Staten Island, College of Staten Island
Joyce Ma, COVID-19 Asian American Oral History Project, LaGuardia Community College
Denise Milstein, NYC COVID-19 Oral History, Narrative, and Memory Project
Veronica Quiroga, Bronx COVID-19 Oral History Project, Fordham University
Oscar Zamora Flores, Queens Memory Project, Queens Public Library

Thomas Barzey, actor
Davidson Garrett, poet, writer, and actor
Rachel Hadas, professor emeritus of English at Rutgers University–Newark, poet, author, and translator
Ron Kolm, poet, editor, and author
Michèle Voltaire Marcelin, poet, visual artist, and performer
Alfreda Small, retired home health aide and police administrator
Steve Zeitlin, folklorist, writer, cultural activist, author of twelve books on America’s folk culture

Sumya Abida, student, Bard High School Early College, Manhattan
Led Black, founder and editor-in-chief of www.uptowncollective.com
Lily M. Chin, knit and crochet designer and instructor
Matilda Virgilio Clark, seamstress, babysitter, house cleaner, administrative assistant, and life coach
Adele Dressner, president, All-In-One Suppliers, retired
C. A. Duran, student, Pace High School
Beth Evans, associate professor and librarian, Brooklyn College
Fabio Girelli-Carasi, professor, Brooklyn College
David Hunt, Tess McDade, and Peter Walsh, proprietors, Coogan’s Bar and Restaurant
Mackenzie Kwok, folklorist and singer-songwriter
Ali Mazinov, Brooklyn College student and paramedic
Rozelyn Murray, student, Pace High School
Clifford Pearson, writer and urbanist
Simon Ressner, New York City firefighter