Girls Write Now Media
Lunch with LitNYS
Nearly 500 literary leaders depend on LitNYS for resources and community. This podcast features conversations with these inspiring people that will make you feel like you’re getting lunch with your smartest friend. Recorded at the Lit NYS convening in September 2024, Lunch with LitNYS presents the stories of the leaders who work every day to bring you the writing that shapes culture and nourishes our lives.
Season One
Young writers in the Girls Write Now community ask their most pressing questions of New York State literary leaders at the 2024 ‘Facing Pages’ LitNYS convening.
Season One
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Season One
Words of Affirmation
This is the backstory of why I created my project, One Letter 4 All, with the Lead360 learning journey.
I am an Imaginative Dreamer
For an artists last day is to express their piece- to give others a feeling of rejoice whilst they wither
Echoes
Grief is a funny thing. Sometimes, it possesses you, cemented into each breath you take, embedding into your cells, becoming
Umbrella
This piece explores the beauty in what may normally be seen as an inconvenience. the rainwashesover the town, people groan
Our Dad Let Us Be Kids—Cultivating Girls’ Strong Opinions & Imaginations… Mustafa, Layla, and Yasmeen Topiwalla’s Life@ GWN
Father’s Day festivities continue! We proudly turn the spotlight on longtime Girls Write Now Board Member and Treasurer, Mustafa Topiwalla
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
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.
