Teen Ink Magazine, April 2011 Edition
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Articles from this Issue
College Guide
College ArticlesCollege-Seeking Tips 
College ArticlesSurely Enough By Catherine R., Franklin Lakes, NJ
College EssaysBeauty In the Struggle
College EssaysDeep South
College EssaysEthnic Ambassador By Madison S., Mission Viejo, CA
College EssaysGirl with Kaleidoscope Eyes
College EssaysGreen, Gray, and Blue By Anonymous, Baltimore, MD
College EssaysInquisition
College EssaysLearning to Speak Like a Doctor By Megan K., New Braunfels, TX
College EssaysLessons from the ER
College EssaysSweaty Feet By Michael R., New City, NY
College EssaysThe Letter A
College EssaysWag Every Day
Realization
College ArticlesSurely Enough By Catherine R., Franklin Lakes, NJ
College EssaysBeauty In the Struggle
College EssaysDeep South
College EssaysEthnic Ambassador By Madison S., Mission Viejo, CA
College EssaysGirl with Kaleidoscope Eyes
College EssaysGreen, Gray, and Blue By Anonymous, Baltimore, MD
College EssaysInquisition
College EssaysLearning to Speak Like a Doctor By Megan K., New Braunfels, TX
College EssaysLessons from the ER
College EssaysSweaty Feet By Michael R., New City, NY
College EssaysThe Letter A
College EssaysWag Every Day
Realization
Hot Topics
Community ServiceDown on the Farm
Community ServiceSeattle to Portland – by Bike By Zoe K., Seattle, WA
HealthCarrying Myself
HealthED is Not My Friend By Anonymous, Litchfield, NH
Letters to the EditorBeauty vs. the Beast
Letters to the EditorCollege Reviews
Letters to the EditorDitch Your Gender
Letters to the EditorFirst Drive By Wendy C., Phoenix, AZ
Letters to the EditorIf I’d Never Met You By Alexander G., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorLife of Pi Review
Letters to the EditorSelf-Acceptance By Maranda G., Bexley, OH
Letters to the EditorThank You!
Community ServiceSeattle to Portland – by Bike By Zoe K., Seattle, WA
HealthCarrying Myself
HealthED is Not My Friend By Anonymous, Litchfield, NH
Letters to the EditorBeauty vs. the Beast
Letters to the EditorCollege Reviews
Letters to the EditorDitch Your Gender
Letters to the EditorFirst Drive By Wendy C., Phoenix, AZ
Letters to the EditorIf I’d Never Met You By Alexander G., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorLife of Pi Review
Letters to the EditorSelf-Acceptance By Maranda G., Bexley, OH
Letters to the EditorThank You!
Nonfiction
Do Questions Annoy You? 
InterviewsAuthor Carrie Ryan By Shelby D., Chattanooga, TN
MemoirMy Sandwich Shop Plan
Personal ExperienceHow to Upgrade Your Nickname
Personal ExperienceI Carry By Anonymous, Randolph, NJ
SportsFor the Love of Baseball
SportsOur Last Race By Anonymous, Bedford, KY
Travel & CulturePassover
Travel & CultureSmiley Nation
Travel & CultureThe Taj Mahal By Feroza F., Memphis, TN
InterviewsAuthor Carrie Ryan By Shelby D., Chattanooga, TN
MemoirMy Sandwich Shop Plan
Personal ExperienceHow to Upgrade Your Nickname
Personal ExperienceI Carry By Anonymous, Randolph, NJ
SportsFor the Love of Baseball
SportsOur Last Race By Anonymous, Bedford, KY
Travel & CulturePassover
Travel & CultureSmiley Nation
Travel & CultureThe Taj Mahal By Feroza F., Memphis, TN
Reviews
Book ReviewsClimbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman 
Book ReviewsFight Club by Chuck Palahnuik By Abe K., South Salem, NY
Book ReviewsHacking Harvard by Robyn Wasserman
Book ReviewsHalf Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Book ReviewsStormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Book ReviewsThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Movie ReviewsBlack Swan
Movie ReviewsCry-Baby By Rebecca J., Phoenix, AZ
Movie ReviewsThe Fighter
Movie ReviewsThe King's Speech
Music ReviewsCrazy Love by Michael Buble By Ashton S., Colleyville, TX
Music ReviewsDanger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys by My Chemical Romance
Music ReviewsTeenage Dream by Katy Perry By Rebecca C., Brooklyn, NY
Music ReviewsTrevor Hall by Trevor Hall By Katie M., Phoenix, AZ
Book ReviewsFight Club by Chuck Palahnuik By Abe K., South Salem, NY
Book ReviewsHacking Harvard by Robyn Wasserman
Book ReviewsHalf Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Book ReviewsStormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Book ReviewsThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Movie ReviewsBlack Swan
Movie ReviewsCry-Baby By Rebecca J., Phoenix, AZ
Movie ReviewsThe Fighter
Movie ReviewsThe King's Speech
Music ReviewsCrazy Love by Michael Buble By Ashton S., Colleyville, TX
Music ReviewsDanger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys by My Chemical Romance
Music ReviewsTeenage Dream by Katy Perry By Rebecca C., Brooklyn, NY
Music ReviewsTrevor Hall by Trevor Hall By Katie M., Phoenix, AZ
Art / Photo
A Good Book 
A Typical Day In Life By Yelyzaveta P., Metairie, LA
Bloody Parrot
Brittany
Cheer up, Boy!
Circa 1825
Cubist Self-Portrait
Death Of My Art Teacher By Erica P., Wolfforth, TX
Door Study By Tori W., Naperville, IL
Falling with Faith
Flower
Hawks Nest!!
High School Never Ends
Home Base and Red Sneaks By Baili W., Hood River, OR
I have a secret
I'll Look When It's Over
In the Rain
It's cool. By Tricia T., Spotsylvania, VA
Koi Fish
Life in Black By Zoelle M., Boston, MA
Missing Tree
Mosaic
Music Moves Us
Orange Chair
Outside My Window
Popping Balloons
Seattle Sunlight
Secret Life of Bees
Self Portrait By Jazzlyn L., Costa Mesa, CA
Thoughts
Ughhhh.
Untitled
upper east side seduction
Wet Roses
A Typical Day In Life By Yelyzaveta P., Metairie, LA
Bloody Parrot
Brittany
Cheer up, Boy!
Circa 1825
Cubist Self-Portrait
Death Of My Art Teacher By Erica P., Wolfforth, TX
Door Study By Tori W., Naperville, IL
Falling with Faith
Flower
Hawks Nest!!
High School Never Ends
Home Base and Red Sneaks By Baili W., Hood River, OR
I have a secret
I'll Look When It's Over
In the Rain
It's cool. By Tricia T., Spotsylvania, VA
Koi Fish
Life in Black By Zoelle M., Boston, MA
Missing Tree
Mosaic
Music Moves Us
Orange Chair
Outside My Window
Popping Balloons
Seattle Sunlight
Secret Life of Bees
Self Portrait By Jazzlyn L., Costa Mesa, CA
Thoughts
Ughhhh.
Untitled
upper east side seduction
Wet Roses
Poetry
1969 By Chelbi W., Westbrook, CT
A White Bandana By Roberto C., Houston, TX
Bathing in Riches By Reid D., Gilford, NH
death by losing you By Gabriella C., Bethlehem, PA
fish wish
Growing Up By Eric T., Lake Zurich, IL
Happiness lights the sky By Shoua K., Oshkosh, WI
His Name Was George Olsen Dalore By James Y., Wyckoff, NJ
I Am From By Aleah H., Willow Spring, NC
I Am Walking By Corrinne D., Wilmington, DE
I Dream
Jellyfish By Tim G., Maine, NY
Just look By Kaylee B., Brooklyn, NY
Lamentations from the YA Section at Barnes and Noble
Limbs of a Dancer By Stephanie H., Wyckoff, NJ
Night’s Song By Margaret C., Sequim, WA
One Sentence
plaster By Angie K., Franklin Lakes, NJ
Public Speaking By Grant M., Newark, DE
The Birdcage By Ali B., Oakland, NJ
The Call By Katie R., Mesa, AR
The Constant Onlooker By Matthew K., Mableton, GA
The Darkness Beneath
The Dictionary By Ebony J., Bridgeton, NJ
The Dinner Table Is Empty Again Tonight
The Little Lost Things By Quinn O., Northfield, MN
To Say Good-Bye By Matilda Jane A., Vineyard Haven, MA
"What Road Taken?" By Anonymous, Osceola, WI
A Hate/Love Relationship By Anonymous, Canoga Park, CA
A Vacation
Advice
Atmosphere Childhood
Autumn
blatherskite.
Branches
Break Down and Dance
Burning Bridges
calmwild
daddy?
Damn Agitating Hope (off on a tangent)
Dead, Voiceless, Manic
Definition By Anonymous, Bethesda, MD
Disenchanted
Door-to-Door
Dusk Never Dies
Everyone Stares
Favorite Song
fetal escape
Gloria
Hazel
he and she
I Bet Wonder Woman …
I Can’t Escape
i have lived By Anonymous, Glen, MS
Jessica's Thursdays
Lick
Mango-Girl
My Girl No More
Not a Pretty Girl By Katie T., Saranac Lake, NY
Oh, Sweet Melancholy Autumn
Percolator
Poem in Blue
Pomegranate
Red Light District By Karol L., Wallington, NJ
Scarlet Lies
Sculpture Garden
Seaside By Nora S., New London, CT
slipping
Solitude
Staring At Lightbulbs
the beginning of summer
The Birds of Death
The Book
The Great Expansion
The Largest Creature on Earth
The Ride By Charlotte L., New York City, NY
The Truth Behind the Fall By Phil E., Mt. Prospect, IL
The Universe Fits Under a Bandage.
Theater
this pen and paper heal me
Tivo!
What Mother Thinks
When Bees get Lonely
Whispers
Why Does Your Name Have to Be the Same as His?
Why, I'm Flattered By Anonymous, Brooklyn, NY
worms
A White Bandana By Roberto C., Houston, TX
Bathing in Riches By Reid D., Gilford, NH
death by losing you By Gabriella C., Bethlehem, PA
fish wish
Growing Up By Eric T., Lake Zurich, IL
Happiness lights the sky By Shoua K., Oshkosh, WI
His Name Was George Olsen Dalore By James Y., Wyckoff, NJ
I Am From By Aleah H., Willow Spring, NC
I Am Walking By Corrinne D., Wilmington, DE
I Dream
Jellyfish By Tim G., Maine, NY
Just look By Kaylee B., Brooklyn, NY
Lamentations from the YA Section at Barnes and Noble
Limbs of a Dancer By Stephanie H., Wyckoff, NJ
Night’s Song By Margaret C., Sequim, WA
One Sentence
plaster By Angie K., Franklin Lakes, NJ
Public Speaking By Grant M., Newark, DE
The Birdcage By Ali B., Oakland, NJ
The Call By Katie R., Mesa, AR
The Constant Onlooker By Matthew K., Mableton, GA
The Darkness Beneath
The Dictionary By Ebony J., Bridgeton, NJ
The Dinner Table Is Empty Again Tonight
The Little Lost Things By Quinn O., Northfield, MN
To Say Good-Bye By Matilda Jane A., Vineyard Haven, MA
"What Road Taken?" By Anonymous, Osceola, WI
A Hate/Love Relationship By Anonymous, Canoga Park, CA
A Vacation
Advice
Atmosphere Childhood
Autumn
blatherskite.
Branches
Break Down and Dance
Burning Bridges
calmwild
daddy?
Damn Agitating Hope (off on a tangent)
Dead, Voiceless, Manic
Definition By Anonymous, Bethesda, MD
Disenchanted
Door-to-Door
Dusk Never Dies
Everyone Stares
Favorite Song
fetal escape
Gloria
Hazel
he and she
I Bet Wonder Woman …
I Can’t Escape
i have lived By Anonymous, Glen, MS
Jessica's Thursdays
Lick
Mango-Girl
My Girl No More
Not a Pretty Girl By Katie T., Saranac Lake, NY
Oh, Sweet Melancholy Autumn
Percolator
Poem in Blue
Pomegranate
Red Light District By Karol L., Wallington, NJ
Scarlet Lies
Sculpture Garden
Seaside By Nora S., New London, CT
slipping
Solitude
Staring At Lightbulbs
the beginning of summer
The Birds of Death
The Book
The Great Expansion
The Largest Creature on Earth
The Ride By Charlotte L., New York City, NY
The Truth Behind the Fall By Phil E., Mt. Prospect, IL
The Universe Fits Under a Bandage.
Theater
this pen and paper heal me
Tivo!
What Mother Thinks
When Bees get Lonely
Whispers
Why Does Your Name Have to Be the Same as His?
Why, I'm Flattered By Anonymous, Brooklyn, NY
worms
