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One Year. Billions of Stories

In an unprecedented year, the world faced a threat that upended life as we knew it. Heroes emerged. Leaders fumbled. Cultures clashed.

These are not those stories.

These are the stories of ordinary people living in extraordinary times: nurses, teachers, parents, children. Stories that show what it was like to work on the COVID response unit; to watch your favorite hiking trail be consumed by flames; to walk in the rubble of a catastrophic explosion.

Hindsight: Untold Stories from 2020 is a collection of true stories written by everyday people — a time capsule of 2020 that bears witness to tragedy and the heart of humanity.So we put out a call for stories from 2020. We received hundreds of submissions from people in more than 28 countries about their lives during that trying time. Teachers and students, fathers and mothers, nurses and lovers — everyone had a story to share.

Staff

Hindsight: Untold Stories from 2020 is edited and published by small editorial team led by Steve Fowler. A teacher and former magazine editor, Fowler’s publications include Hudson Valley Magazine, The Valley Table, Northern Colorado Writers Anthology, and Social Media: The Academic Library Perspective.