By Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai, 16, Arkansas. Lanterns bloom like flowers, the light and colour of crowded city streets. Folded paper,[…]
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Poems by Sophie Rodriguez
For all the Toledos Darkness and suffering Sadness and fear live in the streets Some of my own never get[…]
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By Camille Chen, age 10, Asian American, California. I eat, sleep, and speak Taiwanese culture every day. Not a day[…]
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By Sonia Mehta, age 17, Russian-Indian heritage, Ohio. “Excuse me. Is this seat taken?” Anika glances up to see pleading[…]
Read morePoems and Photos from the Bhalukhali Rohingya Refugee Camp, Bangladesh
By Mohammed Faisal, 19, Bhalukhali Rohingya Refugee Camp, Bangladesh. I’m Mohammed Faisal, a young Rohingya poet, living in the world’s[…]
Read moreErwin: A Holocaust Survivor
By Maggie Satterthwaite, age 16, European American, Massachusetts. MUNKACS, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, MAY 1944. The German soldiers trampled, raided, and forced his[…]
Read moreDare I Say / Y Me Atrevo a Decir
Dare I Say By Cassandra Martens Diaz, Mexican-Canadian, 17, Manitoba, Canada I do not pronounce it with familiarity I[…]
Read moreEarly Bilingual Education
Taking it One Baby Step at a Time: Why We Need Early Bilingual Education By Michelle Lo, 17, New York.[…]
Read moreMother’s Daughter
“The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live.” –Confucius If Confucius was right, then my mother lived[…]
Read moreXiāng Xiāng
By Jessica Wang, 16, New York. I have two names. One I use everyday while the other I keep stowed[…]
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