Teen Ink Magazine, September 2011 Edition
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Articles from this Issue
College Guide
College EssaysDust 
College EssaysPicky, Picky, Picky
College EssaysThe Clementine Conundrum
College ReviewsEmory University By Anabelle K., Franklin Lakes, NJ
College ReviewsUniversity of Delaware By Adrian C., Wilmington, DE

College EssaysPicky, Picky, Picky

College EssaysThe Clementine Conundrum

College ReviewsEmory University By Anabelle K., Franklin Lakes, NJ
College ReviewsUniversity of Delaware By Adrian C., Wilmington, DE
Fiction
Past Zuma By Noemi R., Los Angeles, CA
T-Shirt & Jeans
The Blonde, the Brunette, and the Redhead
The Wizard Triumphs Again
Supernova
T-Shirt & Jeans
The Blonde, the Brunette, and the Redhead
The Wizard Triumphs Again
Supernova
Hot Topics
BullyingHow to Shine 
Community ServiceLife Blood By Kayla B., Hemet, CA
Community ServiceOpening Minds
Community ServiceThe Best Fireworks
HealthSix Myths About Eating Disorders By Anonymous, Chesterfield, MO
HealthSkinny Jeans: Sexy or Scary?
Letters to the EditorCyber-Bullying By Shein H., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorMulan: Just Another Princess By Kevin K., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorThe Reality of Harry Potter
Letters to the EditorWhat Is Teen Ink? By Larry J., Wilmington, DE
Letters to the EditorWhere Are the Boy Writers? By Kevin C., Spring Valley, NY
Pride & PrejudiceA Call for Peace
Pride & PrejudiceIt’s Not Your Fault
Community ServiceLife Blood By Kayla B., Hemet, CA
Community ServiceOpening Minds
Community ServiceThe Best Fireworks

HealthSix Myths About Eating Disorders By Anonymous, Chesterfield, MO
HealthSkinny Jeans: Sexy or Scary?
Letters to the EditorCyber-Bullying By Shein H., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorMulan: Just Another Princess By Kevin K., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorThe Reality of Harry Potter

Letters to the EditorWhat Is Teen Ink? By Larry J., Wilmington, DE
Letters to the EditorWhere Are the Boy Writers? By Kevin C., Spring Valley, NY
Pride & PrejudiceA Call for Peace
Pride & PrejudiceIt’s Not Your Fault

Nonfiction
Celebrity interviewsActor/Singer Miranda Cosgrove 
Celebrity interviewsAuthor Laurie Halse Anderson
Celebrity interviewsQueen Guitarist Brian May
MemoirFifty Reasons to Live By Anonymous, Cabot, AR
MemoirMonday Dawns
Personal ExperienceA Vacation from Technology By Jennifer F., Franklin, MD
Personal ExperienceDelicious Dilemma
Personal ExperienceHoly Frijoles
Personal ExperienceI Stink at Texting
Personal ExperienceLondon Calling
Personal ExperienceRunning on Empty
Personal ExperienceSenses of Summer By Amber H., Grove, OK
Personal ExperienceThe Unexpected Outcome By Anonymous, patchogue, NY
SportsEli Manning: The Making of a Quarterback by Ralph Vacchiano
SportsThe World’s Favorite Sport By Ryan G., Destrehan, LA
Travel & CultureCloud Cover
Travel & CultureMy Syria
Travel & CultureNeeding New York
Travel & CultureThe Gray Lady
Celebrity interviewsAuthor Laurie Halse Anderson
Celebrity interviewsQueen Guitarist Brian May

MemoirFifty Reasons to Live By Anonymous, Cabot, AR
MemoirMonday Dawns

Personal ExperienceA Vacation from Technology By Jennifer F., Franklin, MD
Personal ExperienceDelicious Dilemma

Personal ExperienceHoly Frijoles
Personal ExperienceI Stink at Texting
Personal ExperienceLondon Calling

Personal ExperienceRunning on Empty

Personal ExperienceSenses of Summer By Amber H., Grove, OK
Personal ExperienceThe Unexpected Outcome By Anonymous, patchogue, NY
SportsEli Manning: The Making of a Quarterback by Ralph Vacchiano

SportsThe World’s Favorite Sport By Ryan G., Destrehan, LA
Travel & CultureCloud Cover
Travel & CultureMy Syria

Travel & CultureNeeding New York

Travel & CultureThe Gray Lady

Opinion
Segregation Still Present in Schools By Sara I., West Orange, NJ
Teenage Goddess
Summer Reading: A National Tragedy
Teenage Goddess

Summer Reading: A National Tragedy

Reviews
Book ReviewsAnthem by Ayn Rand By Colton F., springville, IN
Book ReviewsBossypants by Tina Fey
Book ReviewsDestroying Avalon by Kate McCaffrey
Book ReviewsIncantation by Alice Hoffman
Book ReviewsSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Movie ReviewsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Movie ReviewsRed Riding Hood By Rebecca J., Phoenix, AZ
Movie ReviewsThe Social Network
Movie ReviewsZombieland
Music ReviewsAdele – 21
Music ReviewsAlice in Chains – Dirt
Music ReviewsContra by Vampire Weekend By Camille P., Bexley, OH
Music ReviewsGlee: The Music Presents The Warblers by The Warblers
Music ReviewsLungs by Florence + The Machine
Book ReviewsBossypants by Tina Fey
Book ReviewsDestroying Avalon by Kate McCaffrey
Book ReviewsIncantation by Alice Hoffman

Book ReviewsSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Movie ReviewsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Movie ReviewsRed Riding Hood By Rebecca J., Phoenix, AZ
Movie ReviewsThe Social Network
Movie ReviewsZombieland
Music ReviewsAdele – 21

Music ReviewsAlice in Chains – Dirt
Music ReviewsContra by Vampire Weekend By Camille P., Bexley, OH
Music ReviewsGlee: The Music Presents The Warblers by The Warblers
Music ReviewsLungs by Florence + The Machine
Art / Photo
A World In Turmoil By Claire V., Lubbock, TX
Acrylic Road in the Country
Best Friends
Beyond The Senses By Kasey T., Santa Rosa, CA
City of Dreams
Clouds
Emaciated Girl
Fall Sunset.
Flowers
Girls Like Sprinkles
Go For The Win
Hannah
Innocence
Lake Louise
Morning Sunlight
Nicholas
off the vine
Pistanthrophobia.
Porch Talk
Praying Children
Prepare for Landing By Lindsey W., Woodinville, WA
Quiet Nature By Michael W., Bethesda, MD
Reflections
Self Portrait
serenity
summer bliss
Sunset at Indian Rocks
Swimming With The Fishes By Cori V., Wolfforth, TX
Swing Swing
teacups
The boys
There, there
To Be A Kid Again By Natalie R., Windermere, FL
Toys!
Acrylic Road in the Country
Best Friends
Beyond The Senses By Kasey T., Santa Rosa, CA
City of Dreams
Clouds
Emaciated Girl
Fall Sunset.
Flowers

Girls Like Sprinkles
Go For The Win
Hannah
Innocence

Lake Louise
Morning Sunlight

Nicholas

off the vine
Pistanthrophobia.
Porch Talk
Praying Children

Prepare for Landing By Lindsey W., Woodinville, WA
Quiet Nature By Michael W., Bethesda, MD
Reflections

Self Portrait
serenity

summer bliss
Sunset at Indian Rocks
Swimming With The Fishes By Cori V., Wolfforth, TX
Swing Swing
teacups
The boys
There, there

To Be A Kid Again By Natalie R., Windermere, FL
Toys!
Poetry
Bliss By Mia D., Wykoff, NJ
Lost At Sea
Ode to the Firefly By Astrid L., Blue Mounds, WI
Some People
the mechanic
The Student By Anonymous, St. John's, Canada
The Wedding
War Paint
War's Silent Hostage
A Familiar Tune By Mariah R., St. Peters, MO
A Lost Steering Wheel
A People's Rebellion
A Product of Venting
Adulthood
Amusement Sky
An Egg for Fabergé
Blissful World
Books
Boxes
Changing Sounds
China
Choose Me By Maria M., Lake Oswego, OR
Clean
Cremation
doorbell
Dropping Stitches
Emily Dickinson By Katie T., RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA
FM Radio
Forget What They Say
Grief is a house
Gum By Zachary M., Henderson, NV
Home....
Homeless
How Much I Wish I'd Won
Hunger
I am superior to you, stupid bug
I Confess By Vincent K., chicago, IL
I Run and I Live
I Want to be a Kid
I Want to Say
Imagine
In the King's Chamber
Incendiary
India By Ashok K., New York, NY
Kathleen and Erin O’Neal
Light Shines
Like Kindergarten
Like Your Cat
Martyr of the Sun By Anonymous, New Orleans, LA
Melancholy Birthdays For One
Mimicking in Search of Enlightenment
Morning
Mr. Potato By Felipe M., Felton, CA
myself
One Summer
Painting Water
Pennsylvania
Portrait of a Town Slowing
Potpourri
Rain-Soaked Freedom
Riding a Bike
Sickly Sweet Droplets
Still Ignited
Still Swimming
Summer
summertime
The Day I Met Age
The Lake and The Light
The Orange
The room went silent By Isabella B., Commack, NY
The Trial
This Summer
Those Dead End Days
Tragic Collection
Weeded Lotus By Anonymous, Chatham, NJ
What is life? By Anonymous, Oz, GA
What the Chair Remembered
White
Why I don’t go into churches
Windows on the Water
You Play Baseball By Kaylie P., Hartland, WI
A Glimpse in the Dark Ages
From a God to a Mortal: By Paige M., Gilford, NH
Hollow
no copper ring on any finger
Pigeons
Refresh
The Camera
Back to Me
Japan
Ode to AutoCorrect
Lost At Sea
Ode to the Firefly By Astrid L., Blue Mounds, WI
Some People

the mechanic
The Student By Anonymous, St. John's, Canada
The Wedding
War Paint

War's Silent Hostage

A Familiar Tune By Mariah R., St. Peters, MO
A Lost Steering Wheel

A People's Rebellion

A Product of Venting

Adulthood
Amusement Sky
An Egg for Fabergé

Blissful World

Books

Boxes
Changing Sounds
China

Choose Me By Maria M., Lake Oswego, OR
Clean

Cremation

doorbell
Dropping Stitches

Emily Dickinson By Katie T., RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA
FM Radio

Forget What They Say
Grief is a house
Gum By Zachary M., Henderson, NV
Home....

Homeless
How Much I Wish I'd Won
Hunger
I am superior to you, stupid bug

I Confess By Vincent K., chicago, IL
I Run and I Live
I Want to be a Kid
I Want to Say

Imagine

In the King's Chamber
Incendiary
India By Ashok K., New York, NY
Kathleen and Erin O’Neal
Light Shines
Like Kindergarten

Like Your Cat
Martyr of the Sun By Anonymous, New Orleans, LA
Melancholy Birthdays For One

Mimicking in Search of Enlightenment
Morning

Mr. Potato By Felipe M., Felton, CA
myself
One Summer
Painting Water
Pennsylvania

Portrait of a Town Slowing
Potpourri

Rain-Soaked Freedom
Riding a Bike
Sickly Sweet Droplets

Still Ignited
Still Swimming

Summer
summertime
The Day I Met Age

The Lake and The Light
The Orange
The room went silent By Isabella B., Commack, NY
The Trial
This Summer
Those Dead End Days

Tragic Collection
Weeded Lotus By Anonymous, Chatham, NJ
What is life? By Anonymous, Oz, GA
What the Chair Remembered

White
Why I don’t go into churches

Windows on the Water

You Play Baseball By Kaylie P., Hartland, WI
A Glimpse in the Dark Ages

From a God to a Mortal: By Paige M., Gilford, NH
Hollow

no copper ring on any finger

Pigeons

Refresh
The Camera

Back to Me

Japan

Ode to AutoCorrect







