I recently read the short story "Recognition" by Victor LaValle and can't recommend it enough. If you're ready for art about the pandemic, it's excellent. The story is brief, simple and powerful, like a punch you see coming, but cannot fathom the impact of. You can find it in The Decameron Project anthology put together by the NYT Editors.

I've been avoiding pandemic related art because most of it seems like reactionary, short-sighted garbage and is. Time needs to wash the events for a clearer pi...