NEW BOOK RELEASE

“Covid Monologues MV: Readings to Nourish, Inspire & Connect” features 70 works from writers aged 10 to 82, with reflections that span from March 2020 to November 2021 and include pieces from our live and Zoom readings as well as 27 newly released monologues.

Vendors

On Island:

Edgartown Books, Bunch of Grapes, Alleys General Store, Vineyard Pilates, Stefanie Wolf Designs, Integrated Healthcare and Cronigs.

Online: Amazon

Read the MV Times review and Vineyard Gazette review

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PARTY TIME!!

Celebrate with us at the West Tisbury Library on 2/3 1:30-3 with warm cider and light refreshments on the porch. Inside option, too. Author signings, brief readings, books for sale and more!

Presented in collaboration with Mamas Ignite with Jennifer Knight, Writing Workshops with Moira Silva & Island Theatre Workshop

Generous donations from: Sullivan & Associates, Cronigs Market, Rosbeck Builders, Tea Lane Realty and an anonymous donor.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Martha’s Vineyard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

-Learn more at Covid Monologues MV

-Read more about this exciting project:

Islanders Write about the Pandemic

Many Stories, One Pandemic; Islanders Present Covid Monologues

Chronicling a Pandemic

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Covid Monologue Writing Prompts

Need help starting your monologue? Pick a prompt below and commit to writing for at least 15 minutes. Keep your pen moving and your mind open . . .

-What has gotten me this far

-I used to think

-The truth is

-Just when I thought things were ending

-My own transformation

-A covid reunion after so much time

-Delta, delta, delta

-Nineteen months in

-I’ve gotten tired of

-I have really started to miss

-I’m the one who

-My pandemic cheat

-Going forward

-Calculated risks

-Because of Covid

-A pandemic changes everything

-Unhinged

-My relationship with technology

-Distance

-A Top 10 List

-Covid perks

-Something I’ve learned

-My New Ritual

-Remote work

-What is education?

-Nourishment

-Friendship in a Pandemic

-My biggest fear

-United

-Resilience

-Stress relief

-Guilt

-Home

-Grocery shopping

-Outside only

-How to Survive a Pandemic

-Despite covid . . .

-The walks

-Community

-The hardest part . . .

-A letter to my pre-pandemic self

-Strength

-At first . . .

-How I’ll Remember this Time

-How I’ve Changed

-The biggest surprise

-Just before the shut down . . .

-Three/six/nine/twelve months in . . .

-Covid Summer

-If only . . .

-Romance

-How do you respond to these words or phrases which now have a whole new meaning–expose, essential, curve, test, droplet, aerosol, food shortage, positive, hero, case, surge, wave, mask, mandatory, elderly, quarantine, stay at home, trying times.