Queenie, a young Black woman living and dating in London, is 'complex, funny, broken, fun'

  • Written by: Melanie Saward, Associate Lecturer, Creative Writing, Queensland University of Technology
Queenie, a young Black woman living and dating in London, is 'complex, funny, broken, fun'Eric Nopanen/Unsplash, CC BY

Early in the pandemic, I looked after my niece because she had conjunctivitis and couldn’t go to daycare. Despite my best efforts, I caught it. My infection morphed into tonsillitis and I became very sick. I couldn’t read or watch TV properly – which everyone knows are the only pleasures of being sick....

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