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Tomorrow's Titans: Poetry to Grow a New Future is a collection of poetry and creative writing from 6th graders at Chicago Math & Science Academy. The young poets engaged their imaginations to dream of new worlds, reflect on this one that we all share and deepen their understanding of themselves, each other and what it means to write. Inside these pages is evidence of the radical and transformative qualities of creative play, unfiltered imagination and what can happen when ...

826CHI Compendium Volume VII contains some of our favorite pieces of student writing from across all of our programming from the past two years featuring a foreword by Jennifer Steele.This anthology contains poems, memoirs, stories, and essays written by over 75 Chicago students ages 6-18. Together, the voices of these young Chicagoans re-imagine our city, our world, and ourselves.Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit 826CHI, a non-profit writing, tut...

"We're living through a historic time." The students at Michele Clark High School have heard this phrase over and over in an era of a global pandemic, political and social changes, and remote learning. Throughout Inside Out There, these students document their experiences during quarantine through blackout poems, journal entries, homages to contemporary artists, and more. This collection sets out to answer what it is like to be a teen right now.Co...

It Went to the Moon is a bilingual chapbook featuring writing exploring character, dialogue, and theater from the students of 826CHI's After Schoool Writing Lab. Our caring and supportive volunteers and facilitators will provide individualized assistance with ELA and writing-based homework, writing skills, and literacy enrichment to first through eighth graders. Students will also sharpen their writing skills with guided reading and creative writing activities.Proc...

Join these writers as they mine the archives of their memories. Teen writers from across Chicago reflect on the concept of "grim fantasy," derived from Octavia Butler's Kindred. Through their experiences, imaginations, dreams, and knowledge these writers create a multi-genre lens to view their realities.Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit 826CHI, a non-profit writing, tutoring, and publishing center dedicated to amplifying the voices of Chicago youth.

"There is no greater gesture of generosity than authenticity."- Érika Ordosgoitti, from the forewordIn Indomitable Forces, students of Wells High School examine this concept of belongingness and liberation, more specifically critiquing how to be a free agent in an unfree world and lean into writing about all of life's moments. These essays are translated into the students' home languages of Sanish, Ukrainian, and Arabic, in addition to English.

Rising Shadows, the 2021 Teen Writers Studio (TWS) chapbook, is a deep-dive exploration on the theme "historical selves," a term derived from Claudia Rankine's Citizen. In this collection, writing takes the form of letters to family members, personal histories, stories of imagined futures, and more. These young writers explore their past to better understand their future.Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit 826CHI, a non-profit writing, tut...

This 2020 Teen Writers' Studio (TWS) collection, Let Us Keep What We Love*,* is a love letter to the self. It is a collection of stories, poems, and essays that span topics such as youth rights, identity, memory, and retold histories. Our young writers put a magnifying glass to the culture and environment that shapes them in order to navigate this ever-changing world.Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit 826CHI, a non-profit writing, tutoring, and pu...

An 826CHI After-School Writing Lab 2022-2023 publication. In both English and Spanish!In The Things That Give Us Butterflies students from 826CHI's After-School Writing Lab explore the theme "Big Feelings." These young writers create worlds around imagined characters and their personal experiences. Featuring a foreword by Maya Tersigni, an afterword by Zoe Seipp, and art by Esther A (Saint Bunni).

826CHI Young Authors Book Project 2022-2023In the foreword to El Chiquito Big Book, poet Melissa Castro Almandina writes, "The works in this book will touch you, will remind you of what it's like to be a child again and will change you from root-to-soot-to-gold." The students of Pickard Elementary spent their year with 826CHI exploring poetic forms, experimenting with language and finding ways to wrap words around the world that go beyond what is typical taught in schools....

Collected works from the 2019 After-School Tutoring & Writing (ASTW) program. This is a bilingual (English/Spanish) publication.Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit 826CHI, a non-profit writing, tutoring, and publishing center dedicated to amplifying the voices of Chicago youth.

An 826CHI Teen Writer Studio 2022-2023 Chapbook:"Reality is messy, but being present in it is what makes us human," is written in the student foreword. All the Beauty It Brings unites teen writers across Chicago to examine their humanity. Through sharing stories these writers connect with one another in a meaningful way and take the steps needed to truly understand themselves.