Teen Ink Magazine, January 2012 Edition
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Fiction
Hot Topics
Community ServiceLight the Night 
Community ServicePass the Puck By Andrew T., West Bloomfield, MI
HealthMy Celiac Story
HealthMy Vision
HealthNathaniel's Menu
Letters to the EditorPrayer Ought to Be in Schools By Jessica C., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorPrayer Ought to Be in Schools
Letters to the EditorStanding Up to the Man
Letters to the EditorStill Not Colorblind
Letters to the EditorThe Chosen People
Letters to the EditorThe Gosling By Bernard S., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorThe Hunger Games Review
Pride & PrejudiceEnding an Ugly Habit
Pride & PrejudiceWe Are All Human Beings
Community ServicePass the Puck By Andrew T., West Bloomfield, MI
HealthMy Celiac Story
HealthMy Vision
HealthNathaniel's Menu
Letters to the EditorPrayer Ought to Be in Schools By Jessica C., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorPrayer Ought to Be in Schools
Letters to the EditorStanding Up to the Man
Letters to the EditorStill Not Colorblind
Letters to the EditorThe Chosen People
Letters to the EditorThe Gosling By Bernard S., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorThe Hunger Games Review
Pride & PrejudiceEnding an Ugly Habit
Pride & PrejudiceWe Are All Human Beings
Nonfiction
MemoirBecause of Ornithology
MemoirMy Quiet Rebellion
MemoirThe Wig
Personal ExperienceComing Out the Other Side By Anonymous, Norwood Young America, MN
Personal ExperienceHow to Buy a Plunger
Personal ExperienceLong Ago
Personal ExperienceThe Last Straw By Anonymous, Ogden, UT
Personal ExperienceThe Night Out
Personal ExperienceTonight
SportsThe Snow Is Perfect
Travel & CultureA Different Souvenir
Travel & CultureBuffalo Soldiers
Travel & CultureNew Orleans
Travel & CultureReturn to Kashmir By Sana J., Doha, Qatar
Travel & CultureVisitor To Russia
MemoirMy Quiet Rebellion
MemoirThe Wig
Personal ExperienceComing Out the Other Side By Anonymous, Norwood Young America, MN
Personal ExperienceHow to Buy a Plunger
Personal ExperienceLong Ago
Personal ExperienceThe Last Straw By Anonymous, Ogden, UT
Personal ExperienceThe Night Out
Personal ExperienceTonight
SportsThe Snow Is Perfect
Travel & CultureA Different Souvenir
Travel & CultureBuffalo Soldiers
Travel & CultureNew Orleans
Travel & CultureReturn to Kashmir By Sana J., Doha, Qatar
Travel & CultureVisitor To Russia
Reviews
Book ReviewsGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier 
Book ReviewsLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Book ReviewsThe Help by Kathryn Stockett By Clarcy C., Phoenix, AZ
Book ReviewsThe Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
Movie ReviewsContagion
Movie ReviewsMean Girls 2
Movie ReviewsThe Town By Kareem E., Franklin Lakes, NJ
Music ReviewsEleanor Friedberger: Last Summer
Music ReviewsKid Cudi: Man on the Moon II
Music ReviewsLinkin Park: A Thousand Suns By Anonymous, Rochester, NY
Music ReviewsMichael Franti & Spearhead: The Sound of Sunshine
TV show reviewsMake It or Break It By Samantha O., Brooklyn, NY
Book ReviewsLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Book ReviewsThe Help by Kathryn Stockett By Clarcy C., Phoenix, AZ
Book ReviewsThe Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
Movie ReviewsContagion
Movie ReviewsMean Girls 2
Movie ReviewsThe Town By Kareem E., Franklin Lakes, NJ
Music ReviewsEleanor Friedberger: Last Summer
Music ReviewsKid Cudi: Man on the Moon II
Music ReviewsLinkin Park: A Thousand Suns By Anonymous, Rochester, NY
Music ReviewsMichael Franti & Spearhead: The Sound of Sunshine
TV show reviewsMake It or Break It By Samantha O., Brooklyn, NY
Art / Photo
A Ring of Stones By Courtney N., Milwaukee, WI
Appreciate the Seasons
Behind the fence.
Bittersweet Dreams
Cherry Butterflies
Coffee and Donuts
Determined and Mad
everything is spinning
FEI - giftart
Field of hellish mushrooms
Flying
Frustration
Going Away
Goldfinch
Grandma calls her "Kitty Cat"
happiness
Icy Eyes
In Action
In Hand
Indigo's World
Just Imagine this world of facts
Let It Burn
Listen
Little Icy Hills
looking past
motion
My Little Wonderland
Playing Poker with my Heart
Purple Panda
queen of hearts
Rachel
Robot By Kelly B., Wichita, KS
Serene
Still Life 2
Summer fun
Sunset Owl
The Raven By Christine B., Tempe, AZ
The tears deep in my soul
Top of the Rockefeller
Top of the World
Untitled By Ashalee J., Hurricane, UT
when it falls apart
Your Eye.
Appreciate the Seasons
Behind the fence.
Bittersweet Dreams
Cherry Butterflies
Coffee and Donuts
Determined and Mad
everything is spinning
FEI - giftart
Field of hellish mushrooms
Flying
Frustration
Going Away
Goldfinch
Grandma calls her "Kitty Cat"
happiness
Icy Eyes
In Action
In Hand
Indigo's World
Just Imagine this world of facts
Let It Burn
Listen
Little Icy Hills
looking past
motion
My Little Wonderland
Playing Poker with my Heart
Purple Panda
queen of hearts
Rachel
Robot By Kelly B., Wichita, KS
Serene
Still Life 2
Summer fun
Sunset Owl
The Raven By Christine B., Tempe, AZ
The tears deep in my soul
Top of the Rockefeller
Top of the World
Untitled By Ashalee J., Hurricane, UT
when it falls apart
Your Eye.
Poetry
A Damsel In Distress 
Discovering Eden
Laces By Anonymous, san anselmo, CA
Connection
A Flawed Perfection By Brooke S., Saint Peters, MO
A Mouthful of Wasps
A World of Innocence
Abandoned Treehouse
About You
Algebra Kills
Back to 3rd Street
Backstage
Click
Could you forgive me?
Definition
Depths
Destroy, she said
Devour It
Doctor's Office
Euphrates
Five Minutes on E. Baltimore St. By Ethan V., Winchester, VA
For Joyce
fourth of jewel lie
Grocery Store Fictions
Habits
Harmony By Morganne E., Edgecomb, ME
Heartless Martian
Heavy By Kevin C., Chalfont, PA
Hoarders
I Am Woman
I Had a Thought By Daniel R., Wyckoff, NJ
i love you more than sushi By Alexis L., Mount Upton, NY
I shall see
I Signed the Night Once
In the shadow of the mills By Kauser P., Halifax, Canada
It's Your Fault This Happened
Jazz Girl
Last Balloon By Katy K., Gilford, NH
Lester's Will
Location By Shreya R., Gurgaon, India
Maple Syrup
Meltaway Blues
My Life in Color
Night by Elie Wiesel
Nighttime
No Pity, Please
Note Taking
O (Holy) Father
Ode to my Converse
On things that didn't happen
Open Doors By Amy B., Boise, ID
Opposite Reciprocals
Orange
Pink Ladies of America’s High Schools
Please Don't Go
Poetry
Pointe Shoes
Put It On Paper By Parielle L., Inkster, MI
Reflections
Refuse
Release
Stolen
Stranger
Suspension By Victoria G., Arcadia, CA
Suspension: in the Relative, the Absolute
The Box
The Death of a Teddy Bear
The End
The Theatre
The Waltz of Words
The Wind Is
This Is for You, Rachael
Unrequited
Why We Write
Wind chime
without henry
World Without End
Your Little Bird Heart By Anonymous, Juneau, AK
[FISHTANK]
“Perchance to Dream”
blue midnight
Healthy Lies
Number One By Catherine R., Newcastle, ME
The Awkward
The Sea
Unappreciated
Wind's Dance
Even Odd Smiles Are In This Season
First Kiss
Nitty Gritty
Discovering Eden
Laces By Anonymous, san anselmo, CA
Connection
A Flawed Perfection By Brooke S., Saint Peters, MO
A Mouthful of Wasps
A World of Innocence
Abandoned Treehouse
About You
Algebra Kills
Back to 3rd Street
Backstage
Click
Could you forgive me?
Definition
Depths
Destroy, she said
Devour It
Doctor's Office
Euphrates
Five Minutes on E. Baltimore St. By Ethan V., Winchester, VA
For Joyce
fourth of jewel lie
Grocery Store Fictions
Habits
Harmony By Morganne E., Edgecomb, ME
Heartless Martian
Heavy By Kevin C., Chalfont, PA
Hoarders
I Am Woman
I Had a Thought By Daniel R., Wyckoff, NJ
i love you more than sushi By Alexis L., Mount Upton, NY
I shall see
I Signed the Night Once
In the shadow of the mills By Kauser P., Halifax, Canada
It's Your Fault This Happened
Jazz Girl
Last Balloon By Katy K., Gilford, NH
Lester's Will
Location By Shreya R., Gurgaon, India
Maple Syrup
Meltaway Blues
My Life in Color
Night by Elie Wiesel
Nighttime
No Pity, Please
Note Taking
O (Holy) Father
Ode to my Converse
On things that didn't happen
Open Doors By Amy B., Boise, ID
Opposite Reciprocals
Orange
Pink Ladies of America’s High Schools
Please Don't Go
Poetry
Pointe Shoes
Put It On Paper By Parielle L., Inkster, MI
Reflections
Refuse
Release
Stolen
Stranger
Suspension By Victoria G., Arcadia, CA
Suspension: in the Relative, the Absolute
The Box
The Death of a Teddy Bear
The End
The Theatre
The Waltz of Words
The Wind Is
This Is for You, Rachael
Unrequited
Why We Write
Wind chime
without henry
World Without End
Your Little Bird Heart By Anonymous, Juneau, AK
[FISHTANK]
“Perchance to Dream”
blue midnight
Healthy Lies
Number One By Catherine R., Newcastle, ME
The Awkward
The Sea
Unappreciated
Wind's Dance
Even Odd Smiles Are In This Season
First Kiss
Nitty Gritty
