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Teen Ink Magazine, September 2010 Edition

Whether you're interested in poetry, sports, movie reviews or fiction, there's something inside for you. Find out what other teens across the country are thinking, writing and creating - then send us your work and let your voice be heard!

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Articles from this Issue

College Guide

College EssaysMy Dad

By favresdabomb4, Delafield, WI

College EssaysSix Words

By jessihope, 6515 Wydown Blvd., MO

College ReviewsMassachusetts Institute of Technology By Sam S., Sterling, VA
College ReviewsYale University

By Urbs2013, Roslyn, NY

Fiction

Freshman

By loveandmusic, South Plainfield, NJ

I'm Perfect

By SavvyPants, Roy, UT

Keeper By Anonymous, Newton, NJ
Runaway By Elizabeth A., Northridge, CA
The Red Twigs By Anne G., Sudbury, MA
Those Who Call

By Midnight_Hum, Hearne, TX

Hot Topics

Community ServiceA Second Chance for Otis By Ben H., Rice Lake, WI
Community ServiceMy Lazy Dog By Shannon O., Wilmington, DE
EnvironmentAn Organic Idea

By mjenkins, Santa Margarita, CA

EnvironmentI am not a Freak

By dragonbiscuits, Near Pittsburgh, PA

EnvironmentThe Weeping Willow By Eun Mi (Jennifer) D., Wyckoff, NJ
HealthCancer Never Had Me

By emcara5266, Burlington, VT

Letters to the EditorCanadian Question

By DaydreamBeliever, Lockport, Canada

Letters to the EditorConcrete Poems are a must-have!!!

By ilovewriting95, San Clemente, CA

Letters to the EditorGetting Published By Marlene V., Surprise, AZ
Letters to the EditorInspiration

By Katie_Grey, Leipsic, OH

Letters to the EditorTeen Ink Weekly By Chelsea T., Clarkston, MI
Pride & PrejudiceMy Friends

By unspoken314, Baltimore, MD

Pride & PrejudiceStupid Dress

By nutmeg212, Coventry, RI

Nonfiction

Celebrity interviewsAuthor/Musician Peter Buffett By Camille C., Shelby D., Lauren H., Allison L., Madhuri V., New York, NY
Celebrity interviewsInterviewing Peter Buffett By Lauren H., Anchorage, AK
Celebrity interviewsInterviewing Peter Buffett

By CamilleCasse, Kleinbug, Canada

Celebrity interviewsInterviewing Peter Buffett

By msv13, New City, NY

Celebrity interviewsInterviewing Peter Buffett

By WickedStarcatcher, Massapequa, NY

HeroesBrenda T. and Joyce N. By Lauren T., Annandale, MN
HeroesJorge Ramos

By xochitl14, Passaic, NJ

HeroesThe Kid on the Bus By Dylan M., Wexford, PA
MemoirGandhi's Face

By oliveaubergine, Hanover, MD

MemoirMy "Stargate Atlantis" Summer

By sarahanne321, Norman, OK

Personal ExperienceAll You Really Need to Know By Angela C., Mesa, AZ
Personal ExperienceAn Explanation

By Imaginedangerous, Riverton, UT

Personal ExperienceHarry Potter's Gift

By miki.sweety10, Dorchester, MA

Personal ExperienceNothing

By Kalliope, Brunswick, ME

Personal ExperienceRachmaninoff, Twix, and African Drumming

By stillness.is.the.move, Berkeley, CA

Personal ExperienceStrangers

By EmilytheAuthor, St. Francisville, LA

Personal ExperienceSummer

By scoots24, Murphysboro, IL

SportsIntensity

By kaibo, Mountain Center, CA

SportsPep Talk By Scott S., Mason, OH
SportsRunning By Dana R., Downers Grove, IL
Travel & CultureBoatloads of Fun

By blueribbonbunny, South Egremont, MA

Travel & CultureBring Me Back to Boston

By mercantile, New Gloucester, ME

Travel & CultureUnspoiled Australia By Christina J., Earlysville, VA
Travel & CultureWhy Germany? By Vania M., Voorhees, NJ

Opinion

Generation Definers

By Theresa, West Pittston, PA

Ditch the Black-and-White TV

By Ejm1059, Wexford, PA

Jumping Fences By Bea R., Glendale, AZ
Morality 101 By Scott O., University Place, WA

Reviews

Book ReviewsA Great and Terrible Beauty By Sarah P., New City, NY
Book ReviewsA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

By HalliewoodYeaah, Huntington, WV

Book ReviewsExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

By zoe.mixon, Dallas, TX

Book ReviewsI Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

By NitaT, Wendell, NC

Book ReviewsThe Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao By Emily S., Homer, AK
Book ReviewsThe Gunslinger by Stephen King

By towerjunkie019, Grandview, WA

Movie ReviewsHurricane Streets

By KDtheGhostwriter, Jefferson City, MO

Movie ReviewsThe Godfather By Bryant B., Wyckoff, NJ
Music ReviewsAmerican Ghetto by Portugal. The Man

By asmiff, Shorewood, MN

Music ReviewsBattle Studies by John Mayer

By KatherineNicole, Hurst, TX

Music ReviewsLa Roux by La Roux

By CynthiaK, Berkeley, CA

Music ReviewsMonster, Monster by The Almost

By shelbywearsprada33, Carrollton, TX

Music ReviewsRated R by Rihanna By Taylor S., Winter Springs, FL
TV show reviewsEverybody Hates Chris By Brian H., Brooklyn, NY
TV show reviewsThe Vampire Diaries By Brenna J., Peoria, AZ

Art / Photo

All Attitude By Taylor H., Wolfforth, TX
Austria

By amyjoaq, Mount Laurel, NJ

Beautiful Baby By Andrea M., Waynesboro, VA
Boston Panorama

By TrainManTy, Boylston, MA

brains brains brains

By nnnowhere, Gainesville, FL

Distance By Kelly B., Wichita, KS
Doodles on the Blackboard

By KrissyCreme, Tamuning, Guam

Fantasy emerging to life.

By Ultimatebookworm, Fresno, CA

Gone Fishing By Keegan B., Potomac, MD
Heroric!

By xbrandiix33, Brandon, FL

home sweet home

By VictoriaJay, Derry, NH

Hoss winter of 2010

By neswayakeh, Baxter Springs, OK

Indians

By david.u, Murray Hill, NJ

Kayaking

By miamegjs, Pleasantville, NY

La jolla

By BreeBree, Denver, CO

Madness

By flyaway, Chester, NY

Mini World

By LyndzeeB, lakeisabella, CA

morning glory

By *whimsical, Potomac, MD

Our Own World

By Loveandverses, Tahmoor, Australia

Sand City of Birds

By SoundTechie, indianapolis, IN

Save Me

By flyaway, Chester, NY

Self

By AshtonR26, Vincennes, IN

Setting Sun

By tomas11235, Lakewood, CA

spring

By LondonWood, NLR, AR

Strawberries in the Grass.

By wehateyourhate, Blacksburg, VA

Summer Sun

By Buttacupboy, saratoga, CA

the cold one

By espencer, Reading, United Kingdom

The Colors of Carnival

By Raven_Gris, Lilburn, GA

The Dream Reaper

By KennedyCG, Rockdale, TX

Tiara By Laura S., New South Wales, Australia
Tight pants

By jazminbird, Springfield, OR

Time on the Piano

By Yumewa, Albany, NY

United By Asantewaa D., Chicago, IL
Untitled

By sandyhonig, West Hartford, CT

Untitled

By emizoely, Scarsdale, NY

vintage

By Otherworldly, mississauga, Canada

Violinist

By xoxoAdriana, winter park, FL

Walk a thousand miles

By RebekahKauffman, Parkesburg, PA

Poetry

and it fell

By Grape, Riverside, CT

Revolution

By zackdeuel585, east rochester, NY

September 11, 2001

By AliciaH, Bronx, NY

A Case of Damage By Megan B., Gilford, NH
All You Can Eat By David D., Vancouver, Canada
Along the Road

By ashenxxrose, Hudson, OH

Answer Me When

By -afterthoughts, Woodstock, GA

Cavum In Animus

By JohnnaR., Solon, OH

Cherry Street By Arianna G., Katonah, NM
Chopin

By MandaPerkins, layton, UT

Contradictory

By Ceilidh, Brisbane, Australia

Curly Hair

By lovetowrite22, ..., CO

Do We Ever? By Lauren S., Wyckoff, NJ
E-mails, Not Letters

By corallee, Newport Coast, CA

ember

By laurenz, Phoenix, AZ

Empty Nest Syndrome

By j-rye, Toronto, Canada

Faded and Forgotten

By percussionnerd1200, Warren, OH

Fashion fascists (a puzzle of plastic)

By southern-cossack, concord, NC

Glass Walls

By Sarahnade, Bella Vista, AR

grammar came along and messed things up

By the-ampersand, San Ysidro, CA

Green Eyes Turn Gray

By smokeandmirrors, Kittery Point, ME

Haven of an Autumn Midnight

By liljenjen222, Richland, WA

High Tide

By Chances, London, Canada

Homework

By Adrenalinejunkie52, Sweet home, OR

Hypothermia, death by blizzard flowers

By nawwal, Kendall Park, NJ

I Can Bear No More

By Danny9, Rochester Hills, MI

i poured my heart out. simultaneously, it evaporated.

By innocence.jaded, Stacy, MN

iLife By Ben B., Newark, DE
In This Kitchen

By BethPerez, New City, NY

It's no fun contradicting yourself By Jasmine M., Newark, DE
Jackdaw

By starsonmysleeves, San Anselmo, CA

Just a Child

By MaskedCellist, Saratoga, CA

Kamikaze Girl By Sara Zoe B., Palatine, IL
Man's Best Friend By Steven G., So. Plainfield, NJ
Manufactured Shooting Stars

By foreverdreaming14, Redmond, WA

Masked By Brittany C., Gilford, NH
Natural

By EmilyMichelle, Manassas, VA

Oblivious

By apt124, New Canaan, CT

Ocean

By TaylorM, Hemet, CA

ode to a summer day By Roman J., Memphis, TN
One good Memory By Stacy O., Gibsonia, PA
Options

By SmileyRiley, tremont, IL

Pansies By Andrea M., Moline, IL
Pestilence

By younghabitat, Fairfield, CT

Pictures

By brie13, Sparks, NV

Pieces

By FlamableFyre, Spartanburg, SC

Re-Pace Yourself By Alexander P., San Francisco, CA
Refined Taste

By zachd6320, Greenville, NC

Reverie

By Sabrina9305, South Plainfield, NJ

Role Model

By Hails315, christiana, PA

School on Monday

By MidnightBlue, Fairfax, VA

Sea Gulls Stalking

By laurenbrown, Tenafly, NJ

Semi Sweet Street

By boyneaj08, Boyne City, MI

Sound Barrier By Anonymous, Espoo, Finland
Southern Heat By P. R. V., Auburn, KY
Spinning Web By Jessica C., Gilford, NH
Still By Komal J., Port Coquitlam, Canada
Summer Girl

By EowynOakheart, Price, UT

Techno. Logic War Fair

By _Thing.2_, Miami, FL

The Grand Opera

By ThatPerson, Houston, TX

The Hill

By xvousale, Bolingbrook, IL

The History of Me

By Po3ticSoul, Silver Spring, MD

The Indian Giver

By imaniii, Chicago, IL

The Man of the Sea

By Kate_P, Ijamsville, MD

The Meeting Place

By hamsa_prophet, Los Angeles, CA

the perfect portrait of watered grass.

By jackinthebox, Belle Fourche, SD

The Real World

By U__i-fill-the__S, Atlanta, IN

The Red Queen

By zandragrey, Newton, MA

The Ride

By sammyjanee, Plantsville, CT

The Traveler

By Emma.FiskeDobell, Brooklyn, NY

This Hour By Anonymous, Gilbert, AZ
This is Not a Run-On I Checked My Notes

By mellebelle, Worthington, OH

Unknown

By NikkiB, Newtown, PA

Warmer in the Winter By Christina L., New Corrollton, MD
when it's early By Loreena S., Andover, MN
When you add some fun By Anonymous, Rochester, NY
Whisper In The Breeze