by Jimmy Doyle

“Well it’s by the hush me boys/And that’s to mind your noise/And listen to poor Paddy’s sad narration/ I was by hunger stressed/ and in poverty distressed/ So I took a...

by Colin Gaul

Age 11: My parents had just bought a new house. It was in a fancy neighborhood. It was on a big corner lot and all the neighbors were doctors or business owners, even the mayor li...

by Andrew

I have three fears in my life. First, I am scared of many insects, but spiders especially.  Tiny or giant – they all scare me.  I try not to let it show when I encounter one, ...

by Sam Hawk

When I was about 12, my family moved from the bedroom community of North Augusta, SC to the truly rural town of Edgefield.  It felt like 40 miles and 400 years away from the 60s ...

by Robin L.

We were just children on the playground. I was a tall and chunky girl, and you were even taller and so much more graceful. What grade were we in? I swear it was the third grade; i...

by Lindsey

“Two cocktails for £6” sounds like a good deal, and it is. But when you don’t have cash to burn and are already slightly tipsy, it so isn’t. The music is throbbing, you�...

by Will

When I left my friends at the restaurant to get some snacks for the movie, I went into the supermarket in the middle of town. There weren’t many people around, being Wednesday n...

Growing up gay in a country with a Muslim majority like Indonesia is like the Justice League heroes hiding their identities! I’m pretty sure that Superman or Batman or Wonder Wo...

by Andrew Reynolds

Even though it was really 1987, it was still the 1960s in the heart of our teacher, Mr. A. That’s why Mr. A had us arrange our chairs in a semi circle in front of the hot seat. ...