Once, when I was a little kid, this newscaster guy asked me if my dad was my biggest hero. No, I said. ..
Clap, clap, clap Epic solo, Nic! […] What took you so long, song? Granddaddy! Look who’s ..
“BROTHERS IS THE BADDEST. THEN COMES DOminicans. Dominicans don’t mess around. I’m ..
His dad’s lessons echo in his head. If an officer is asking you a bunch of questions- questions about ..
When I first moved here, I tried to tell him about our family and tried to teach him how to draw, but he doesn’t ..
Up on the Hill- Foley Hill, some say, but we just say the Hill- we look down on downtown- not looking ..
In my ‘hood, battles is fought every day. . Some on the street corner, some in the park. Warriors ..
Barzillai Lew was born not far from Boston, in Dracut’s “Black North”, a black settlement ..
“This old house makes sleepy sounds, just like you,” said Grandpop. “You yawn. You stretch. ..
IT’S SIMON BARNES HERE. BUT EVERY– body calls me the Notorious D.O.G., because I might be little ..
I’m finding poetry in the pages of The Great Gatsby this summer. My copy from middle school has started ..
IT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. ACTUALLY, IT WAS THE nineteenth day of school, but it was my first day, ..
This is a story about Susan. Draped permanently on the back of Susan’s chair is a sweater embroidered ..
The house always wins. At least, that’s what us card sharks say when things don’t go our way. ..
“Double Dutch is not just about jumping rope. It’s also about respecting the sport, fellow ..
But Sunday was a day of rest, when Master charmed the weekend guest. Slaves had off one afternoon, when ..
They never call me over the intercom at school. But I can tell by the way the secretary is saying my name ..
Everybody in gym class is talking. We’re like a chicken house with thirty biddies going cheep-cheep-cheep ..
Sitting on my stoop when I was five, not like Timmy or Johnny, or even Mark. Though I wanted a name like ..
When I look back, I can’t help thinking that maybe I could have prepared for what was coming. But of course, ..
Chapter 2 Triangle Friends We have a break right after second period, and it’s the first time of the day when ..
“The tragedy of her life was that she was too black,” declares the narrator at the start ..
My choir robe hangs from the top of my bedroom door, stretching like a white river almost to the doorknob. ..
We switch places. “I skin the chicken. I strip the membrane. I slice the sausage.” “You ..
