Coming of Age

Memoir· — Thank you for sharing this powerful story with us. Could you tell us about what inspired you to write it? My story is called “Suffering.” My father’s name is Shika...

Memoir· — Georgia Marshall is a sophomore in high school. She lives in Massachusetts and has always loved reading and writing. From a young age, she used the written word as an...

Memoir· — Sophia Kaushik is a high school student from California who is passionate about literature and writing. Sophia has been writing poetry and short fiction for as long as she can...

Memoir· — I’m writing about the man who used to chop wood in the village. The wood was useful to people here. People used his woods to build houses, burn charcoal, and...

Memoir· — Thank you for sharing this powerful story with us. Could you tell us about what inspired you to write it? I chose to write an inspirational story, and I hope...

Memoir· — I was coming home from football training one brisk January evening when I met a tall, brown man with dreadlocks on his head. He was wearing a white shirt and...

Memoir· — My siblings and I were sitting in our home discussing how you can talk to your parents to make them trust you more. My sister Maria said, “Our parents think...

Blog Post· — As a young writer, I have found it difficult to find places to submit my writing. For writers my age (I am twelve and my first poems were published when...

Blog Post· — Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today, I’ll be talking about a poem by David Shapiro, titled, “Falling Upwards.” David Shapiro was born...

Video· — A conversation between Sofie Dardzinski, 13, and Emma Hoff, 12, discussing Hoff’s poetry collection, An Archeology of the Future.