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After years in foster care, Erica and her mother reestablish a relationship by writing letters. (full text)
Stevisha’s father has been in prison since she was a young girl, but they have bonded over the years by writing to each other. (full text)
The writer starts keeping a journal in the 9th grade to deal with her father's absence from the family and her mother's financial problems. By writing and re-reading her diary, she gains a better understanding of herself and how to handle her emotional problems. (full text)
Shateek can't control his anger after his grandmother dies and he goes into care when he's 9. He discovers that writing calms him down. (full text)
Florence dislikes reading until she encounters urban fiction, and then Angela's Ashes, during her sophomore high school year. For the first time, books seem relevant to her own life. Florence is now hooked on reading memoirs and hopes to write her own someday. (full text)
Marsha’s parents, like many immigrant parents, want her to become a doctor. A career in medicine becomes her dream too—until she realizes that she prefers writing to science.
Miguel starts writing to express his pain, and ends up making money by selling his poems.
Esther explains how to approach one of the most stressful parts of the application: the dreaded personal essay.
In a previous article ("A Foster Mother from Hell," March/April 1994), Angi wrote about her life in an abusive foster home. In this article she describes how a social worker read the story and arranged her transfer to a new foster home, where she feels loved and respected. Angi credits writing with changing her life.
Omar describes how his foster mother, Ms. Bradley, teaches him the value of using journal writing to express and understand his anger.
Otis channels his feelings of powerlessness and rage into a writing persona he calls the Crippled Enigma.
Shaniqua starts writing poetry at an early age but the thought of reading it in public scares her. When she notices a cafe that holds readings, she signs up, overcomes her fears, and wins the audience over with her performance. (full text)
Terry starts writing when she's just 4 years old, and uses poems, short stories, and diaries to deal with painful aspects of her life. Writing is like a friend to Terry, lifting her out of depression and giving her hope.
To deal with his anger at being teased and picked on, Otis turns to writing poetry. He joins a website where writers post and comment on each other's writing. (full text)
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