A young man realizes, through an experience with an underprivileged boy who loves books, that words can cause us to connect.
Creative Essays
Creative nonfiction and personal essays
Creative Essay
Falling Action
Dealing with the death of a close friend, which was no accident.
Creative Essay
In Defense of a Teenager’s Right to Question
When adults ask another adult for a favor, they extend the courtesy of offering a reason. Aria contends that teens deserve the same treatment.
Creative Essay
A Foreign Persona
Perhaps the best way to escape is to become someone else, if only for a short time.
Creative Essay
Guilty Land
In his unique style, Luyt describes a thunderstorm where he lives on the Highveld in South Africa, home to the most violent storms in the southern hemisphere.
Creative Essay
My Journey
The volumes learned in less than two decades.
Creative Essay
The Gift of Independence
A look at the duty of the youth in the Philippines to better their country.
Creative Essay
The Eternal War
’Waging within us all is a kind of war.’ An examination of this vital but confusing aspect of human nature.