Research Catalog

Title

Red : the next generation of American writers--teenage girls-on what fires up their lives today / edited by Amy Goldwasser.

Publication

New York : Hudson Street Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

Goldwasser, Amy.

Description

xvii, 267 pages; 22 cm

Summary

A vivid portrait of what it means to be a teenage girl in America today. Teenage girls today live their life in words--in text and instant messages, on blogs and social network pages. It's how they conduct their friendships and present themselves to the world, but they are also creating a formidable body of personal written work. This generation's unprecedented comfort level with the written word has led to a fearless new American literature. These collected essays offer a key to understanding one of the most mislabeled and underestimated members of society. Here, nearly sixty teenage girls from across the country, representing a diverse spectrum of socioeconomic, political, racial, and religious backgrounds, create a rich portrait of life as a teen girl in America today, revealing the complicated inner lives, humor, hopes, struggles, thrills, and obsessions of this generation.--From publisher description.

Subjects

• American essays > 21st century
• Teenagers' writings, American

Contents

Sleeves / Amy Hunt -- Curve / Alison Smith -- The Jewish hair / Jane Horowitz -- Muscle / Tiffani Hortman -- Ode to my breasts / Emily Kaplan -- Lucky / Caro Fink -- The weather report / Charlotte Steinway -- The "beautiful" cause of death that had me dying for a while / Meike Schleiff -- Country / Alicia Davis -- The News / Claudia Berger -- The two of us / Hannah Morris -- To see how they look on me, on you / Sarah Morris -- Bloody red heart / Emma Considine -- Mascara wands are instruments of war / Jordyn Turney -- The fourth floor / Kathryn Pavia -- Pots and pans / Zulay Regalado -- TLC: three days / Annie Littlewood -- Ghost stories / Maxine Keyes -- The best kind of popular / Emily Knox -- A retelling of the black-letter days, the red-letter days, and the fine line that ties them together / Laura Lowe -- Hey you, freshman with the face! / Elizabeth Case -- Life goes up a wall / Sara Harari -- Gym at riverton / Carey Dunne -- Stuck in traffic / Lisa Chau -- Packing / Deborah Kim -- Lies we have told / Sarah McIntosh -- Tampoons / Sarah Harrison -- Big shoes / Rebecca Murray -- An orchid, if that is what it is / Elizabeth Metzger -- The Match / Jocelyn Pearce -- Decent guy on the planet / Jasmine Sennhauser -- Cribs / Eliza Appleton -- The sun's shining hotter / Hayley Hoover -- Boy one / Jessica Goodman -- Finding myself in Utah / Samantha Lewin -- Mini mountain / Kirsten Oldroyd -- Lately / Kelly Otterness -- East / Erika Kwee -- The Hamptons / Lucy Bennett -- Pediatrics / Jaclyn Humphrey -- The Management / Anna Saxon -- Apiarian days / Samantha Gillogly -- Alone / Lindsay Erin Sellers -- What truthiness taught me about being (un)cool / Sarah Schelde -- Appeal from an angry no so emo / Kali Moriarty -- The Depth of depp / Grace Habegger -- Play / Olive Panter -- Just watch / Saskia Boggs -- Ms. President / Dani Cox -- Once in a while / Cammi Henao -- Burning in heaven / Aarian Marshall -- Places of worship / Zoe Mendelson -- Repeat / Danielle Norman -- The Border / Cindy Morand -- Bodies of water / Kathleen Hicks -- The Dial life-and him / Maya-Catherine Popa -- New city / Emily Nicole Johns -- To do / Carla Perez-Gallardo.

ISBN

• 9781594630408 (alk. paper)
• 1594630402 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2007027247
• 99951862579

OCLC

• ocn155123094
• 155123094
• SCSB-5382351

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries