"Unison exists when chaos/ proves useless./ A scattered diaspora finding solace/ in synergy. ...What is to be done with this path,/ but follow?" A stirring, musical piece by New Orleans poets Ian Monroe today. infectionhouse.com/mahogany/

Chapter Five of K. Arja Opprecht's #COVID #novella is up today! Quinn McFoule shares poetry with his captive fellow tenants. infectionhouse.com/quinns-kettle-…

We've also got a sweet journal of #Minneapolis #protests from first-time author Zoe Peterson today! Check out her sweet .gif! infectionhouse.com/minneapolitan-…

New work on the site today. First, a piece from NYC poet Nicole Rivera reflecting on the firework storms of the Lower East Side. Incredible illustration by Lidia Altagracia (IG at lidiawithtwoeyes) infectionhouse.com/fireworks-are-… #fireworks #poetry #nycpoetry #COVID19

Also, a vital and timely reminder from Eric Carter: "It seems that every day Big Floyd’s death gets closer and closer to getting filed into the cabinets of history." What have we accomplished? infectionhouse.com/sacred-cows/ #BLM #GeorgeFloyd #cops #COVID19

A great prose poem from Colleen Rothman in the new ANTIGRAVITY Magazine

ICYMI we've published some great stuff recently. Eric Carter updates us on the state of Sports World during COVID, along with a valuable history lesson on athlets and activism: infectionhouse.com/essentials/

3 fierce poems on Donald Trump by Australian poet Clay Thistleton, with scorcher lines like: "injecting disinfectant with the disaster capitalists/ in a lax travel bubble with clandestine hairdressers/ with some flu bro covidiots in a soft wobble room" infectionhouse.com/a-triptych-of-…

I love this new piece by New Jerseyan writer and filmmaker Anisha Sridhar (anisha sridhar), a portrait of comfortable groupthink in the age of COVID. infectionhouse.com/everybody-know… Check out more of her work at bsidefilms.com!

A pristine found poem by Monterey-based poet Kent Leatham today, from a 17th century guide to smallpox-- with audio recording! Honored to publish this. infectionhouse.com/brief-rules/

"God invites me to a weeping willow to apologize for/ the pandemic/ over a cup of tea." Outstanding work by the young Egyptian-American poet Athena Nassar today, with an audio reading. infectionhouse.com/afternoon-tea-…

Infection House started as a little DIY site to host our friends' writing and try to get them paid. We've since went totally international, published ultra-prestigious people alongside our bohemian pals, and expanded our scope. Read more here: infectionhouse.com/about/

"Besides the wind rattling trees, outside is devoid of human noise. It’s like a lost scene from a Tarkovsky film, where the sounds of ambience enjoy a wider sonic reach than nature had intended them." IH travels for Paris, France today with William Sidnam. infectionhouse.com/a-city-of-ligh…

"Is whisky worth risking my life, and the lives of those I might come in contact with? I decide it is." 85yo Swedish writer Bruce Louis Dodson on the thirsty life, today on IH. infectionhouse.com/wanting-whisky/

Jambalaya for your quarantine blues today on IH. "When your roux is ready it will be the color of dark chocolate and smell like the musk of God." Words and .gifs by Bobby Bechamel. infectionhouse.com/jambalaya-for-…

Leza 🫖 Gnaruto @artistcstoddard CLASH Books @ZacTheLinguist @IAMBADWITCH Poet Gnaruto said he can’t write poetry rn bc what’s he gonna say? Fuck Trump & Covid sucks? That's precisely why it's so important to write poetry right now: see my "A Triptych of Poems" Infection House infectionhouse.com/a-triptych-of-… #covidpoetry #coronapoetry #CovidTrump

New on the site today! A photo essay from the NOLA protests by Isabelle Guzman infectionhouse.com/we-the-people/

Los Angeles writer Suvi Booth shares with us a time lapse of social upheaval on her Silverlake walking trail. infectionhouse.com/signs-of-the-t…