List of 8 news stories.

• Cleansing Piece

  Sasha Starovoitov '18
  You throw out your sheets. Tear them off the bed and bury your face in the soft cotton before dropping them into a black plastic bag and taking it to the curb.
  . . .

• Open Casket

  Naomi Tomlin '19
  In an hour, Owen’s mother will go into a coffin in the ground. He saw her when she had just died, lying in bed. Even though her eyes were closed, he could tell she wasn’t asleep.
  . . .

• This is Me

  Solomon Aromolaran '17
  I am a medley. A mixture. A hodgepodge. I was born in the city of Abeokuta, Nigeria and I am a citizen of the United States. I would like to say that being born in a different part of the world makes me special, or the fact that I was born in a hospital room with no doctors present means I’m different...But, really, these events are like stories to me. I have no memory of being born, no memory of being sick, and no memory of living in Nigeria.
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  The Emperor's Mistake

  Benjamin Johnson
  Only one famous person has ever come from Mikumo. In Japan, he is not as well known as he should be; in America, he is completely unknown.
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  My Colors

  Carson Goos '17
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• Gauss’s Box

  Andy Sedlack
  I can’t remember when I

  found it, where I got it.
  . . .

• This Side of Town

  Lindsay Meyerson
  There are two little boys, seven.

  They live with their mothers and fathers

  In two separate houses

  On two separate roads
  . . .

• Why Won’t You Let Go Frankie Beverly?

  Chrisshara Robinson
  She was twelve and we were walking

  to the corner store

  hand in hand,

  our Justice skirts swaying

  to the tip tap rhythm of our white dress shoes.
  . . .