Anonymous Slug

We Stand Together I am a Chicana, born and raised in the United States, but a couple of my closest friends were brought here roughly around the age of four from their birthplace in the country of Mexico. Their parents wanted a better life for their children, they...

Arthur Caltagirone

Untitled “Always do your best.” “Be kind and courteous to others.” “Don’t just think about yourself.” I grew up hearing moral guidelines like these all the time, particularly from my parents. One in particular that I want to...

Sonia Raikar

Untitled I have always been a little lazy. My mom says I get it from my dad. It was never really a problem until it led me to almost not graduate from high school. The thing that was causing problems for me was my grade in English, which was dependent on me doing well...

Jasleen Kaur

Slugging Through Life It began before I could distinguish that the words I spoke to my parents did not share the same language my classmates spoke to their own with. That did not stop them from sitting with me during tests to look at my answers and it definitely would...

Anonymous Slug

A Spoon for All While I sat, cramped and sandwiched in the multipurpose room of my college, sweating and suffocating in the stuffy late-summer heat, I wondered really how expensive comfortable chairs could be. As I waited for the presentation to begin, I thought to...