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Breaking Through: The 2014 Girls Write Now Anthology

Thanks to a charitable contribution from Amazon, Girls Write Now is thrilled to present Breaking Through: The 2014 Girls Write Now Anthology. This piece is a multi-genre window into the zeitgeist of 2014.

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Breaking Through: 2014 anthology
Breaking Through: 2014 anthology

In tune with this year’s curricular theme, Breaking Through: the Girls Write Now 2014 Anthology is composed of stories that celebrate the incredible diversity and creative fearlessness of our intergenerational community, showcasing poetry, fiction, memoir and more that surprise us and stretch our understanding of the world and ourselves. This year’s anthology showcases stories both intimate and universal, and through each piece you can witness not only the talents of our young writers, but also the friendships that bond each mentee and mentor pair.

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Breaking Through: Girls Write Now 2014 Anthology breaks down the barriers of gender, age, race, and poverty, harnessing the power of stories to shape culture, impact industries, and bridge worlds. Help support rising creatives by getting your very own copy!
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Reading from the 2024 Anthology Launch Party

Foreword by

Chirlane McCray

Chirlane Irene McCray is an American writer, editor, and activist. She is married to former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and had been described as de Blasio’s “closest advisor.”

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Breaking Through

“My mother always stood by me, from the warm glasses of milk she would hand to me during late-night study sessions, to the Girls Write Now annual public readings, where she clapped the loudest when I read my work. Even so, her long work hours and my demanding academic schedule meant that we spent little time together.”
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Tuhfa Begum Mentee
“I had written the poem nearly a month after Malala Yousafzai’s attack. The contorted faces of the audience began to smooth as they realized the singular sound symbolized the push of a finger on a gun that had threatened a young girl’s life. As a spark, I wanted to inspire other girls to be change-makers. Clicks aren’t commonplace at poetry slams but neither was I. I will move and shake the world.”
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Priscilla Guo Mentee

Girls Write Now 2014 Anthology

Breaking Through

From the Literary Community

“All too often, still, girls’ voices are muted, restricted, ignored silenced. Why? Because of the fear about what they might say, the truths they know. What happens when their voices are set free? Girls Write Now knows the answer to that question. They soar! They write powerful moving stories about their lives and the lives of others. They write uppity stories that question us and challenge the status quo. And every word on the page becomes a declaration of freedom.”
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Marcia Ann Gillespie Author
“When girls write their truth in their particular way, with their particular vibrant edged rhythms and images, the door to the new world opens. Girls Write Now is a breathtaking liberation. The wild birds are flying free.”
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Eve Ensler Author
“To write is to bring an inner voice into the outer world, to believe that our thoughts are worth entering the thinking of others, and to make real what has never existed in quite the same way before. What could be a better path to self-valuing than that? In giving young women in the five boroughs this biggest of all gifts, Girls Write Now is giving the rest of us the gift of those girls.”
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Gloria Steinem

Intersectional Voices in Editorial Print Committee

Every year, the Intersectional Voices in Editorial (IV Edit) Print Committee brings their talents to the task of editing, producing, and promoting this fresh collection of writing from today’s emerging voices. The committee is made up of mentors, mentees, and other volunteers who are passionate about diversifying the publishing landscape.

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