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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Heirlooms: A Story of the Connections we Hold to the Objects we Cherish
From an authentic Kilim rug to a fortuitous Opal ring, these treasured objects are heirlooms valued for the stories they tell, the cultural traditions they uphold, and the intergenerational bonds they form.
Wait For It?
My goal with this piece was to capture how no one mentions to young people how much hard work it actually takes to get to the big dreams they're encouraged to make and carry out.
Some Girls
After Joy Harjo's "She Had Some Horses", "Some Girls", is a piece about women, their beauty, and their worth.
Legends
Legends is a comedy series about a group of arena employees who work in a restaurant, trying to get by until the next thing comes along. In this episode, the group sneak into a concert.
Flood of Information
A live studio interview goes off the rails.
orange chicken
Allow the symphonic undertones of the poem to draw you into the emotions of an intimate dinner party. How do we exist in spaces we feel driven from?
To Indulge without Apology in Things that Satisfy our Souls
Maya Logan was a deep thinker, feeler and creator. Their time was infused with a curiosity that knew no bounds
Speaking On Children’s Book Writing
Featured Guests: Linda Marshall, Ashna Shah, and Candice Jalili Have you ever been told, “Okay, now explain it to me like
Speaking On the Muse Behind Music Journalism
Featured Guests: Ana Yglesias and Sidney Madden Have you ever felt like the less an artist gives, the more powerful
The wind
As an avid lover of the environment, Robyn's writings are constantly inspired by the nature around her.
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.