I never wanted to be a novelist. When I was in high school, I saw Missing, a movie about an American journalist named Charles Horman. In …
Author Kes Trester: Sitting at the Cool Kids’ Table
We all experience feelings of not belonging, of thinking we’re the only one standing alone at a party when everyone else is having a great …
Lauren Horowitz: Evolution of a Girl-Beast
Girl-Beast wake and wail with me Pack your wounds with rocks and mud Let growls rip betwixt your teeth Be killer, hunter, fighter, thief, Give …
February Writing Challenge
Welcome, Germies, to this month’s writing challenge! This challenge will begin today and will end February 28th. However, you are welcome to come back anytime to …
Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear by Valerie Wu
My myopia, or what is commonly referred to as nearsightedness, progressed at an almost alarming rate. It started in second grade, when just a few …
Brooklyn Weekends by Nicole Vetrano
I spent my weekends in Brooklyn with Dad, where he had an apartment near a Hasidic neighborhood. It was a couple of blocks away from …
Women Writers Series: A Few Authors of Venezuela
The course Global Literature: Modern Writings from Women of the Non-Western World was one of the most important college classes I’ve ever taken as a …
Love, or Something Like It
Matthew is angry. His mama keeps asking him and he doesn’t know. Matthew is almost four and wants to play with the pumpkin, not answer …
Rapunzel with a Pixie Cut by Lindsey Cole
Quotes are pretty things. They inspire, intrigue, build up courage, destroy apathy, and create desire. They are very pretty things, but being pretty never stopped a …