Dan invites Kylie to discuss the tradition of pandemic literature and the new crop of fiction that's attempting to make sense of the coronavirus. Not just another pair of podcasters griping about being locked inside, The NewlyReads discuss Katherine Anne Porter's 1939 Pale Horse, Pale Rider, Albert Camus's 1947 The Plague, and several novels and short stories published in the last few months. They also ruminate on why literature is essential during crises like this and whether or not COVID will lead to new literary genres.