Nothing Held Back: Truth & Fiction from WriteGirlKeren Taylor Fiction. Poetry. Cultural Writing. A literary adventure like no other. This is the fourth anthology published by WriteGirl, a creative writing and mentoring program matching teen girls with mentors from the ranks of Los Angeles' most respected professional women writers. Dramatic in range and full of startling perspectives, these writers truly hold nothing back in this compelling collection of poems, lyrical essays, bold fiction and more. Proceeds from sales benefit WriteGirl's creative writing and mentoring program for high school girls. |
Contents
Firewater Zoe Beyer | 21 |
Lunch at the Heights Ashley Wilson | 22 |
Blue Woman Finds an Empty Nest Elizabeth Gill | 23 |
Excerpt from Growing Up Anglo Gerry Farrell | 24 |
Rooftop Perspective Marietta Putignano | 25 |
Picture Perfect Stephanie Almendarez | 26 |
Our Lady of Grace Kathryn OBrien | 32 |
Relativity Kristin Petersen | 33 |
Conjurer of Orange Anh Chi Pham | 127 |
The Journey on the Stairs Gaby Cardenas | 128 |
Overlooked Things Ashtynn Baltimore | 133 |
Everyone is Susan Benton | 134 |
Healing Power of the Moon Shannon Johnson | 136 |
The Fairy Ring Melissa Carolus Verlet | 137 |
Hate It When People Say Im Not Religious Im Spriritual But Abby Kohn | 138 |
Song of Fear Portia J Frazier | 139 |
The Gardeners Tale Alix K Pham | 34 |
Fortress Marietta Putignano | 35 |
The King of the Gods Deborah Bramwell | 36 |
Strolling Ariana Horwitz | 38 |
Family Legacy Nika Hoffman | 39 |
The Routine Katherine Taylor | 40 |
Miracle of the Eggs Marie Elena Rodriguez | 42 |
One Swallow Marlys West | 43 |
Patient Vocabulary Lena Brooks | 47 |
One of the Teen Girls Mama Bunger | 48 |
Falling in Love with Love Taylor Gray | 49 |
Falling Lily Mendoza | 50 |
Language of Hands Karen Girard | 51 |
Midlife Crisis Jennifer Hoppe | 52 |
Tuesday Honey Can Wait Keren Taylor | 53 |
Walking into School Monday Morning Nadine Levyfield | 54 |
Another Gurl Kyrsten Sprewell | 55 |
Everything You Do Allie List | 56 |
Mine to Protect Portia J Frazier | 57 |
Something about Lisa Anna Artyushkina | 58 |
The Wonderful World of High School Mara Bochenek | 60 |
Friendship in Ink Christina Barba | 61 |
Chill Lily Mendoza | 62 |
Once They Were the Best of Friends Allie List | 63 |
She Mara Bochenek | 64 |
Shadow Melina Zuniga | 65 |
Rainy Day Lovely Umayam | 66 |
Rebecca and Gene Karen Girard | 67 |
Everyday Heroes Tribute | 69 |
The Day Superman Died Melani Sutedja | 71 |
Carlisle Allison Deegan | 72 |
A Funeral Lovely Umayam | 73 |
Claire Zoe Beyer | 74 |
Zoe Claire Bidwell Smith | 75 |
For Devi Shauna Smith | 76 |
Secret Room Shawna Herron | 81 |
Me and My Glass Eye Silvia Cardenas | 82 |
Laura Aguilar Glenda Garcia | 84 |
Nothingness Colleen Sharkey | 85 |
Twelve Minutes in the Life of the Fictional Katherine Taylor Katherine Taylor | 86 |
The Truth about Bank Tellers Liliana OlivaresPerez | 87 |
A Recipe for Anxiety Elena Karina Byrne | 88 |
The World Angela Martinez | 89 |
Blue Womans Apologia Elizabeth Gill | 90 |
32 Lena Brooks | 91 |
Ive Been This Dinah Coronado | 92 |
Walk with Me Julia Guest 323 94 Diffusion Deborah Bramwell | 93 |
Played Karly Abreu | 96 |
More like Me Sakara | 97 |
Guillermo Gomez Peņa Glenda Garcia | 98 |
Life as a Cheerleader Lily Mendoza | 100 |
The Wrong Girl Dinah Coronado | 101 |
How Do You Say Dichotomy in Tagalog? Lovely Umayam | 102 |
Ha Ha Ha 107 Grannys Stew Stephanie Lopez | 107 |
Flys Last Moments Rayline Rivera | 108 |
Antonio the Cat Mara Bochenek | 109 |
The Purse Kim Purcell | 110 |
One Dollar More Lexa Houska 112 Not My Cup of Tea Ariel EdwardsLevy | 112 |
Your Mother Doesnt Work Here Liliana OlivaresPerez | 113 |
Am Still Pregnant Kim Purcell | 114 |
The Mother Handler Mama Bunger | 115 |
Helium Head Karly Abreu | 116 |
Size Matters Christiane Schull | 117 |
Promising Kristin Petersen | 121 |
Deconstructed Conclusion Maria Guerra | 122 |
beautifully human DianePaula A Valencia | 123 |
Lilla Erica Drennan | 124 |
Smoking Nadine Levyfield | 125 |
Nightmares Jacqueline Hahn | 126 |
Locks of Love Victoria Shao | 140 |
Lets Run Away Sakara | 142 |
A Simple Folk Tale Keren Taylor | 143 |
Just for Today Melani Sutedja | 147 |
Marathon Day Melissa Anderson | 148 |
The Palm Tree Amy Morton | 149 |
Cerebria Melanie Gonzalez | 150 |
Take It Away I Never Had It Anyway Stephanie Almendarez | 151 |
View Out My Kitchen Window Hilary Galanoy | 152 |
Panorama Fabiola Sandoval | 153 |
Vespers in the Neighborhood Irene Daniel | 154 |
Citrus Thieves Cecilia HaeJin | 155 |
The Search Julia Guest | 156 |
Glass Zoe Beyer | 157 |
Kodak Lobster Moments Janine M Coughlin | 161 |
Everythings a Photo Op Keren Taylor | 162 |
Traveling with Mother Katherine Taylor | 163 |
Pura Vida Adventures Amaree Tanawong | 164 |
Home Rayline Rivera | 165 |
Welcome to Troma Janine M Coughlin | 166 |
The Fringe Theresa Mulligan | 167 |
Tumbling Down Susan Abram | 168 |
Waiting Fabiola Sandoval | 170 |
In Retrospect Reminiscing | 173 |
fuzzy sweet Erica Drennan | 175 |
The Return Dana Valenzuela | 176 |
Party on 51st Street Stephanie Almendarez | 177 |
Memories Ariana Horwitz | 178 |
Smalltown Snow Jayna Rust | 179 |
Aural Reflections Jennifer Repo | 180 |
One Player Marna Bunger | 181 |
Jump Rope an excerpt Cecilia HaeJin | 182 |
Superheroheroine Experiment | 186 |
My Secret Ariel EdwardsLevy | 187 |
Ritsukos Life Sam Harris | 188 |
Lordra Theresa Mulligan 189 Laura Earthmover Portia J Frazier | 189 |
Supergirl Erica Drennan | 190 |
Found Objects Experiment | 191 |
Have You Seen Us? Kari Golden | 192 |
Sentinels Pride Johana Perez | 193 |
First Time Jitters Laura Hurtado | 194 |
Coffeeish Karly Abreu | 195 |
Four Senses Experiment | 196 |
Saturday at Starbucks Victoria Shao | 197 |
Wind Chimes Diana Rico | 198 |
Journey Through a Neurotic Mind Silvia Cardenas | 199 |
Outside Experiment | 200 |
Observations on a Rainy Day Laura Hurtado | 201 |
The Street Sam Harris | 202 |
To Gratify Silence Gaby Cardenas | 203 |
Heartbreaker Experiment | 204 |
Who Broke My Heart? Taylor Gray | 205 |
Lost in Las Vegas II Michelle Lewis | 206 |
Lost in Las Vegas Allie List | 207 |
Perspective Experiment | 208 |
WriteGirls responses | 209 |
Three Steps to Happiness Experiment | 210 |
How to Make Me Happy in Three Easy Steps Diana Rico | 211 |
Anonymous responses | 212 |
Identity Experiment 213 Anonymous responses | 213 |
Letter Experiment 215 Anonymous Responses | 215 |
The WriteGirl Engine 226 WriteGirl Advisory Board | 226 |
Community Connections | 227 |
WriteGirl Supporters | 228 |
Inkind Contributors | 230 |
Meet the WriteGirl Mentors | 231 |
Index by Author | 236 |
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