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Intipucá, El Salvador – 1981 Gabriella inhaled sharply, as the tropical breeze blew her long black hair around her face. She squinted up at the house she had known for 16 years ago, and the life she was about to leave behind. Her mother was yelling nearby, trying to get her grandchildren in order as she
Today I found myself in a rose garden. Families, groups, and couples milled around, gawking at the nature that they would have destroyed otherwise. Little kids ran around shrieking, not fully appreciating their surroundings, the housewives were proudly ignoring their children, counting their daily steps on their iPhones. And I was the wallflower, observing as
TW: eating disorders, drug abuse In the winter of 2012, the Mouse King sold me drugs behind Greene Theatre on Hill Street. It was a freezing, sharp-toothed winter. A slush winter that rawed the tip of my nose and my cheekbones, made hair grow on my spine, downy, like fur, my wasting body trying to
Imagine: The world as you know it is about to end…or so young Ginger thinks in the 2013 coming-of-age indie movie Ginger & Rosa, directed by Sally Potter, which stars Elle Fanning (Ginger) and Alice Englert (Rosa). Anti-Cold War campaigns in London begin to clash with the sexual revolution of the 1960s. Everyone is
*This article may contain spoilers from Thirteen Reasons Why* What is the first word that comes to mind when you hear the name Bryce Walker? If your answer was rapist then consider yourself correct. Bryce is a character from the novel, and now Netflix series, Thirteen Reasons Why. Besides a handful of blinded “fans”, everyone who
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas tells the story of sixteen-year-old Starr Carter—yes, she’s also convinced that she’s vaguely related to Jay-Z—who witnesses the tragic murder of her childhood friend at the hands of a police officer. It’s a tale that has been brought up in black culture for generations; do exactly what the
Maybe I have no room to talk, given the only book I’ve published is poetry based on life experiences, but when it comes to my fiction, it’s impossible to escape the prodding question of “is ____ based off of ____?” The short answer is most likely, no. The long answer absolutely not. There are authors who
Short stories are categorized as the underdogs of literature as they are often undiscovered, yet beautifully-crafted pieces of literary work. Everyone needs a little break from politics and the cruelty of the world once in awhile, and short stories are the cure for people who enjoy diving into different worlds who have little time. Here
