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Book Review: "Buck" by M.K. Asante 27 Aug 2013 | 02:04 am
My mother walked into my dorm room, my sophomore year, with an armful of books. I snickered at her trying to pull all the goodies she’d brought from New York to Virginia, into the small space that alr...
When You're Sixteen And Stupid. 31 Jul 2013 | 08:52 pm
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This Is How You Lose Him. 30 Jul 2013 | 07:08 am
All the irrational things that run through your mind, when your morning-noon-and-night hasn’t called in 24 hours: 1) He’s sleeping or passed out drunk somewhere. Hopefully at a good friend’s, one t.....
If You Date, Gave Birth To, Are Related To, or Live With a Writer....You’ll Probably Be Written About… 11 May 2013 | 02:05 am
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Deep Down. 1 May 2013 | 11:08 pm
0 0 1 548 3127 Harlem Children's Zone 26 7 3668 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE I stood in the midst of my room, paper half written, my roommate storming from my half...
There's No Place Like Inner Home. 26 Apr 2013 | 11:22 pm
Nothing is really what it seems, when you’re a child. My little blue house on Rogers Ave in Brooklyn was a castle. Surrounded by mammoth brick buildings, our distinctive residence stood out like a fam...
Stockholm Syndrome. 20 Apr 2013 | 06:54 pm
Her door knockers coincide with the rapping of knuckles against the entrance of her future Jeremy arises, in both senses of the word waiting to part her seas, in apartment B Hey Jeremy, I was nine...
When Your Flaws Become Attributes. 16 Apr 2013 | 09:47 pm
0 0 1 1047 5973 Harlem Children's Zone 49 14 7006 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Circa 2005 I took up hanging with a rather insecure and gorgeous girl named Maria. I...
By Any Means Necessary: Finding the Time To Write 12 Apr 2013 | 11:28 am
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Hail Selassie. 1 Apr 2013 | 10:52 pm
Yesterday, at our monthly write-in, the workshop leader asked us to consider this prompt: Write from the perspective of someone you see almost everyday, but you've never formally met. You can also wr...