ANTHOLOGIES
Taking Our Place in History: The Girls Write Now 2020 Anthology
Girls Write Now is thrilled to be in partnership with Dutton, who produced this year’s anthology. A special thanks to the team at Dutton—Christine Ball,Maya Ziv,Marya Pasciuto and Hannah Feeney, and to Feminist Press and Jamia Wilson, who produced the e-book. Thank you as well to Amazon Literary Partnership for their continued support and for recognizing Girls Write Now as a 2020 grant recipient, which directly funds the production of our anthologies.
The Girls Write Now 2020 class of mentees are using their voices for change in one of the most uncertain periods of modern history. This book invites you into their homes and families, their schools and neighborhoods, their hearts, hopes, and fears. Enter a world where clay creatures take on aluminum oppressors. Get thrown against an elevator wall in the midst of a horror story. Go backstage with a rock band, say goodbye to relatives as you start a new life, stand with an engineer solving a coding problem. Stare out from a coffin—or up at whales in the sky—and fall in love with the color of your skin. Experience tragedy in a mosque, feel the wounds of slavery, know the terror of glass shattering in a World War II village, and see how this next generation of leaders look to the past and write their present to create a better future.
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Taking Our Place in History: The Girls Write Now 2020 Anthology
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To and From
This is a poem inspired by Subaah leaving home for her first year of college and what it feels like
Low Rates
In a world where the young voice their struggles, this poem captures the essence of a generation’s plea for understanding
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sugar and spice and everything nice
Recently, I've been looking for a definition for the all-encompassing phenomenon that seems to be girlhood — a time where you're neither a child nor a woman — so I wrote this.
el océano, mi amor
A woman living in a beach town is recovering from trauma caused by a boating accident. Despite her initial fears, she eventually falls in love with the ocean again.
The Sacred DNA of Supermarkets
From the outside, you'll only see a brick building with a sign, indicating its presence as a supermarket. But a step inside the market and this personal essay will transport you to a new world.
Paper Dreams
This is a piece about my upbringing so that others will know who I am.
How Writing Made Me a Better Person
The writer writes this piece to reflect and discuss how writing has been an integral part of her life. She looks at how she began her start in writing and how she changed through writing.
The butterfly and the moth
This poem is a reflection on how, as writers, our mind loves to evade us.
The Meaning of My Life
This piece is a reflection of my journey in life, from the moment my little sister was born, to my future aspirations in healthcare and writing.
Taking Our Places in History
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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.