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Teen Ink Magazine, May 2011 Edition

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College Guide

College ReviewsEastern Michigan University

By lilmartz, Perrysburg, OH

College ReviewsThe Ohio State University

By buckeyesfan5581, Canfield, OH

Fiction

The Naming

By vestling92, Brownsburg, IN

The Telemarketer Monologue

By SchroederName, Palo Alto, CA

Barroom Politics

By PJD17, Belleville, IL

Bittersweet

By jeanifer, Chapel Hill, NC

Kiril and I

By TheRightToDream, Fort Frances, Canada

Life Deployed

By routemaster07, Notre Dame, IN

Paper Cranes

By zandragrey, Newton, MA

The Watcher By Anonymous, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Hot Topics

Community ServiceSchool Is a Gift

By sophievitter, Metairie, LA

Community ServiceThe Poetry of Ciudad del Sol

By kritik, Davis, CA

EnvironmentHow Much Is That Doggie?

By AquaFire, Townsend, MA

EnvironmentTracking the Spotted Ghosts By Daniel L., East Brunswick, NJ
HealthAn Abnormal Childhood By Anonymous, Platteville, WI
HealthCystic Fibrosis

By riley1516, Lake Zurich, IL

HealthStaring at the Ceiling By Anonymous, Sunman, IN
Letters to the EditorAuthor’s Comments

By TheJust, Ellenton, FL

Letters to the EditorCherry Cough Drops By Camille P., Bexley, OH
Letters to the EditorCrazy

By polkadots, Brooklyn, NY

Letters to the EditorHazel

By MissBookWorm, Brooklyn, NY

Letters to the EditorLess Poetry By Cameron T., Phoenix, AZ
Letters to the EditorReview: “The King’s Speech”

By karen_xo, West Chester, PA

Letters to the EditorStep Back From The Railing

By Arizona, Phoenix, AZ

Pride & PrejudiceFee-Fi-Fo-Fum

By phy_tran, Chicago, IL

Pride & PrejudiceMulan: Just Another Princess

By Sobriquet, Buffalo Grove, IL

Pride & PrejudiceTheme for English 8

By texasgrrl95, West Orange, NJ

Nonfiction

8957 Oakwood Way By Travis James H., Lancaster, PA
A Mother’s Kitchen By Glenn E., South Plainfield, NJ
Dear Mother By Anonymous, Greenwich, CT
Maternal Expressions By Amelia S., Ann Arbor, MI
Ping-Pong By Julia G., Dexter, MI
MemoirBeing a Father By John L., Wilmington, DE
MemoirDaddy’s Girl By Courtney A., Mesa, AZ
MemoirSacrifices By Yoon Sung C., Tenafly, NJ
MemoirScience Works

By jhart05, Rochester, MI

MemoirThe Eyes of My Soul

By freespirited1, Wesley Hills, NY

Personal ExperienceA Different Kind of Love

By krsiak91, Hilton Head Island, SC

Personal ExperienceAttack of The Blob By Anonymous, Vancouver, WA
Personal ExperienceBelieve By Anonymous, westfield, IN
Personal ExperienceDeployed

By misslindsey1313, Colorado Springs, CO

Personal ExperienceHome is Where the Badge Is

By Sistahsam, Morgan Hill, CA

Personal ExperienceKeeping Pikachu

By babe892, Suffern, NY

Personal ExperienceMommy-Love

By Keilah, Eureka, MO

Personal ExperienceNext Generation By Jared C., South Plainfield, NJ
Personal ExperienceOn the Outside By Danielle Z., Cincinnati, OH
Personal ExperienceThe Guitar Player

By singergurl12, jacksonville, FL

Personal ExperienceThe Way You Don’t Exist

By HollyG, Bedminster, NJ

Personal ExperienceThis is Why, Dad

By Imaginedangerous, Riverton, UT

Personal ExperienceYou’re Not Alone – I’m Crazy Too By Anonymous, Layton, UT
Travel & CultureMemories of Chamberlain, Maine

By EdenDreams, Armonk, NY

Travel & CultureMy Friday the 13th

By iluvwriting, Califon, NJ

Travel & CultureNaija Girl

By luckyislike13, Richardson, TX

Opinion

Huck Finn By Andrew P., Portsmouth, VA
The Cost of Counterfeiting

By sweetcaroline2339, Staten Island, NY

Holocaust Remembrance Day By Anonymous, Sumter, SC
In This Country

By Equus_Borealis89, Seabrook, TX

Reviews

Book ReviewsGoing Bovine by Libba Bray

By PenguinFeet, Bellevue, WA

Book ReviewsMy Point … And I Do Have One by Ellen DeGeneres By Christen S., Oxford, MA
Book ReviewsRoom by Emma Donoghue

By Writomania, New Delhi, India

Book ReviewsThe Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

By Chitra.I, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Book ReviewsThe Lost World by Michael Crichton By Anonymous, Prosser, WA
Book ReviewsUnwind by Neal Shusterman By Alex P., Dexter, MI
Movie ReviewsEasy A By Madalynne C., Hemet, CA
Movie ReviewsHowl’s Moving Castle

By Anemone, Brooklyn, NY

Movie ReviewsMichael Clayton

By Moviesrbliss, Armonk, NY

Movie ReviewsSe7en By Anonymous, Oak Brook, IL
Music ReviewsGuns N’ Roses: Chinese Democracy

By sometimes, West Windsor, NJ

Music ReviewsmewithoutYou: It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All a Dream! It’s Alright!

By IgniteTheAirwaves, New City, NY

Music ReviewsSparklehorse: Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain By Sarah G., Wilmington, DE
Music ReviewsWavves: King of the Beach By Alex C., Seattle, WA
TV show reviewsChuck By Bea R., Glendale, AZ
TV show reviewsCommunity

By madimadi42, Winter Park, FL

TV show reviewsEverybody Loves Raymond By Kendall R., Charlotte, NC
TV show reviewsNCIS By Sarah K., Colleyville, TX
TV show reviewsThe Walking Dead

By Drewp, Seattle, WA

Art / Photo

A breath of love...

By Pluvia, Hassloch, Germany

a part of me

By summerdreamer, Chapel Hill, NC

Always

By KennedyCG, Rockdale, TX

American Woman

By Maddieeeern, Dallas, TX

Balancing Act

By Maddyandsnoopy, Rocklin, CA

Beach

By inheavenshands, Kaysville, UT

Bond of Mother and Child

By krystalane, Summit, MS

Catamaran in the sunset

By Freezebaby, not important, FL

Chile Season

By C810Benally, Churchrock, NM

Dicken

By ddorrance, toronto, Canada

Disko

By EmilyBee, Mansfield, MA

double take By Nicholas O., Dobbs Ferry, NY
Ease Of She

By ApiKarimi, Anaheim, CA

Eyes Say Everything

By bbyfi, Reno, NV

Flash

By equinedante, Oklahoma City, OK

Happy Mother's Day

By Psyche, Brooklyn, NY

Indifferent

By Kimmy_Krak, Macomb, MI

Interaction of the Arts By Krystal S., Santa Monica, CA
Laughter

By electrifyyx, Manlius, NY

Linking Love

By milli, Wharton, TX

my angel

By B-e-A-u-T-i-F-u-L, Sandpoint, ID

My Little Boy

By Noshabora, St. Cloud, FL

old and new

By kaymickey, Port Byron, IL

Our Little Best Friends By Kseniya O., Flushing, NYC, NY
Photograph Boulevard

By CarlyMurphy, Phoenix, AZ

pinky

By Fallon, Baldwin, NY

Run Free By Jessica F., Bradford, MA
scribe

By geekintheyellow, Syosset, NY

Siren By Kelly B., Wichita, KS
Speechless By Claudia M., Nogales, AZ
Sun Bound

By Mikaela, Bellingham, WA

Tea for One

By hannah.berkman, Los Angeles, CA

The Angry Phone Call

By alexandraacreel, Lorton, VA

The Long Road

By TaylorSlagel, Abingdon, IL

The Unfinished Flowers By Mallika D., Tampa, FL
True Love By Anna L., Hampstead, NH
upside down.

By jlovey23, Cincinnati, OH

We Complete Each Other

By AliceLevene, Vancouver, Canada

winter lights

By evanmischelle, Brooklyn, NY

You Left Us. By Andrea M., Waynesboro, VA
Young at Heart Mother By Michelle T., Carbondale, KS

Poetry

Fade Away

By AliciaM, Buffalo Grove, IL

Morning, Afternoon, and Night

By austinb307, Murfreesboro, TN

(xo)2 By Isabella B., Staten Island, NY
3/20/09

By osruipurple, Wilmette, IL

A Box of Brushes and Paint By Jessica M., Lafayette, LA
A Clumsy Childhood By Joel T., Oshkosh, WI
A Conversation with Mom By Anonymous, Lee's Summit, MO
A Lovely War

By dave47561879, Pompton Plains, NJ

A New Person By Jordan L., Cannon falls, MN
Alone

By perfectsymmetry18, Durham, NH

Beauty

By Nicole, Haverhill, MA

Bedlam Abyss By Phillip K., Oshkosh, WI
Boundary Lines

By haventy0uheard, Kings Park, NY

Broken Keys By Alexandra L., Wyckoff, NJ
Can You See Me, Dad? By Danny S., Worland, WY
Changing Birthday By Elizabeth E., Cannon Falls, MN
Cookies By Anonymous, Holland, MI
Dangerous Curiosity By Rebecca G., Cannon Falls, MN
Dawn is Bittersweet

By earthmuffin, Anchor Point, AK

Don’t Say Good-Bye By Karen L., Lake Zurich, IL
Everything Will Work Out

By RebeccaR, Racine, WI

Falling into Fossils By Sara B., Oshkosh, WI
Favorite

By TheArchitect, Madison, WI

Fear By Maggie D., Rolla, MO
Five Thousand Years

By aelixs, Bear Creek, NC

From Where I Sleep Tonight

By Hannaleiigh, kittery point, ME

Futileness

By mmerino, littleton, CO

Gossiping By Anonymous, Nyack, NY
Grown By Anna G., Pompton Plains, NJ
Heart

By x_sweetsummer_x, Laurel, MD

High School

By writerfreak, insert city, NY

House and a Robber By Anonymous, stanton, MI
How is it?

By robert, harlingen, TX

hugged by walls

By TaniaCinco, anaheim, CA

Humanoid

By Grayson, West Fulton, NY

I was raised by

By juliachase., St.Helens, OR

If I Were President By Alexa C., Franklin Lakes, NJ
In Conclusion

By ApproachingNirvana, Burlington, KS

In the Future

By SageN, McVille, ND

Inhale

By CloneA, Wexford, PA

Just Because

By AdorkableAlly, Brooklyn, NY

Knives, Rocks, and Late-Night Infomercials By Gabriella C., Bethlehem, PA
Knowledge Leads to Chaos By Alec M., Coral Gables, FL
Lies By Ashley N., Wilmington, DE
Life as Movement

By Ninja645, Chapel Hill, NC

Like Lightning

By HollyG, Bedminster, NJ

Long Distance Parenting

By laleonlit, Princeton, NJ

Lost in Thought

By LaughingGirl, Ocala, FL

Love By Cierra M., Oshkosh, WI
Love in Piano Keys By Marley M., Cannon Falls, MN
Missing By Anonymous, Oshkosh, WI
Mother

By Uglification, Catonsville, MD

Mother’s Heart

By hopeforthelostcause, Chapin, SC

My BFF Jill By Noah C., Cannon Falls, MN
My Father

By H.Jeon, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

My Father's Daughter By Anonymous, Meridian, ID
My Lame Life By Victor P., Houston, TX
My Life: Now on Display By Beth B., Manchester, MO
My Mom By Anonymous, River Forest, IL
No Lollipop By Anonymous, Independence, OR
Old Oak Tree By Megan L., Oshkosh, WI
One Last Night By Lauren S., Wyckoff, NJ
One of Many By Nicole C., Pompton Plains, NJ
Panera Bread By Kamryn S., Wycoff, NJ
Poem 1

By Steamer, Columbus, OH

Puzzle Pieces of Memories

By mariahLynn, Craig, CO

Quake

By AlexisBexis, St. Louis, MO

Raining on My Mood By Kayla S., Wyckoff, NJ
Reflect By Anthony B., Raleigh, NC
Remember