Coming of Age

Blog Post· — Introduction The Chosen by Chaim Potok is a wonderful book about coming of age and growth. It shows how you mature as you get older and the important things you...

Writing Workshop· — An update from our thirtieth Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop held on Saturday December 12, plus some of the output published below This week William presented on the...

Blog Post· — I sighed, a blank sheet of paper before me. It was almost as blank as my head at that moment. One article every month. I had taken for granted that...

Stories·Susana Martinez-Conde — ‘Vignette. What is a vignette? Why does it matter so? Why must we write one? Vignettes are not poems, vignettes are not stories, vignettes are, simply, vignettes.’ RetirW thought. Soon,...

Blog Post· — Editor’s Note: Paris’s illustration of a bicycle from memory was in response to our Creativity Prompt #119: Draw a Bicycle from memory.

Book Club· — An update from our twenty-second Book Club meeting! On Saturday, December 5, the Stone Soup Book Club discussed the novel The Girl Who Drank the Moon, written by Kelly Barnhill....

Stories·Rachael Lippe — Akeelah, Akeelah Akeelah, Akeelah I wake up to Akeelah every morning. Akeelah, Akeelah Puts me to sleep at night. Akeelah, Akeelah I listen to it all day. I can’t stop...

Stories·Read On! — The winds here slap my face; there, they tickle me gently. The animals here are rare and restrained; there, they are my closest friends. The food here is easy to...

Curriculum· — Create a short memoir about an event in your life. Only, instead of using just words, add illustrations to tell the story. In other words, make it a graphic novel...

Stories·Stephanie Anagnoson — A Room, My Room The floorboards creaked as I entered the hallway. My bedroom door was open a crack, so I pushed my door back as I entered my dark...