Inspired By 'The Decameron,' These Poems Are A Modern Pandemic Time Capsule

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A lot of us know what it felt like being stuck inside during the pandemic: We were bored, and almost always on the internet. Writer Leigh Stein's new book of poems is a sort of time capsule that captures this experience.

"I'm someone who has always pushed back against the idea that the internet is not real life," Stein says. "So I see our lives on social media as just as real as the lives that I lead when I'm grocery shopping."

The book is called What To Miss When, and though Stein has been busy — she published two novels and a memoir over the last few years — this is the first book of poems she has written in almost a decade.

It took work getting the poems out.