<em>You Will Never Be Forgotten </em>Explores Grief in a Near-Future World
Mary South’s stories of loss are deft parables about the false protection of machines. They also feel particularly apt right now.
As the coronavirus wreaks havoc across the globe, millions of people have been confined to their homes, reliant on videochats and news alerts to stay connected with friends and family and the happenings of the world outside. Well before the crisis, of course, many of us ordered groceries online, courted partners via apps, and spent hours creating web profiles—all ways of trying to bring order to aspects of modern existence. What those of us in quarantine are now experiencing is qualitatively different: The digital sphere has become a primary source of intimacy even as
