Introduction xv
More Than Skin Deep 1(57)
The Smoking Section
2(5)
Simone Senior
The Black Sheep
7(2)
Wendi Nevels
My First Love: Skratching
9(3)
Brooke Wilson
A Culture of Our Own
12(4)
Vannah Shaw
Standards of Beauty
16(2)
Nzinga Moore
Fear
18(2)
Nneka Nnaoke Ufere
The Twenty Words I Never Understood
20(2)
Lynette Salik
You Are You But I Am Black
22(1)
Jasmin Kolu Zazaboi
A Page From My Diary: Black And Beautiful
23(3)
Lianne Labossiere
Racism
26(2)
Lisbeth Pelayo
Complexion
28(2)
Kazia T. Steele
The Color Line
30(1)
Jasmin Kolu Zazaboi
The Color Line
31(3)
Jade Pagkas-Bather
It's Hard
34(2)
Faleesha Grady
Searching for a Little Respect
36(1)
Elsie M. Giron
All-American Girl
37(2)
Cecilia Nguyen
Chameleon
39(3)
Anne Hoye
Untitled
42(4)
Tara Bynum
Sick and Tired
46(2)
Andrea Fariaz-Gallardo
Assimilation
48(2)
Andrea Fariaz-Gallardo
Known as ``Other''
50(4)
Alicia Mazzara
I Wish...I Wish...I Wish!!!
54(1)
Akemie Cousin
Outbreak
55(3)
Tara Bynum
Our Roots 58(47)
The San Joaquin Valley
59(5)
Andrea Friaz-Gallardo
Away from Home
64(3)
Ashley Sng
Our Street
67(4)
Sia J. Yobah
Indian Roots
71(3)
Sneha Upadhyay
Is This Love?
74(2)
Brittney West
Through Those Articulate Eyes
76(3)
Sokonie S. Freeman
Ugat: My Village in India
79(3)
Amisha Padhair
Dady's Girl and Life's Lessons
82(4)
Taia Waltjen
Anonymous: My Family
86(1)
Justice (for My Momma)
87(7)
Tara Ashley Chaney
Silent Soldier
94(3)
Shivani Agarwal
Millennium Woman
97(1)
Monique Beacham
Abandoned
98(2)
Cierra Goodloe
My Heartbeat
100(2)
Tiana Phenix
Spades
102(3)
Hilary Evans
Person To Person 105(33)
Chanson d'amour
106(2)
Shivani Agarwal
Lately Things
108(2)
Blair Revay Bonds
Untitled
110(2)
Uduak Onda
Vain Imaginings and Other Artifacts
112(2)
Hyacinth Wallace-Blake
Friends
114(2)
Sarah Richardson
Questions and Answers
116(2)
Alicia Carrington
Her Dance
118(2)
Jennifer Oda
I Put on a Mask
120(1)
Jessica L. Farley
The Routine
121(2)
Tayo Darrell
Untitled
123(3)
Alicia Lea Haley
Battered Butterfly: A Story of an Abusive Relationship
126(4)
Kristla Wingo
A Welcomed Identity
130(2)
Itoro Akpan
Untitled
132(2)
Tiana Phenix
Una Rosa en Mi Jardin
134(4)
Maribel Lopez Guzman
Ourselves Inside and Out 138(41)
I An a Female Skater
139(1)
Shimere Etheridge
Horizontal Ups and Downs
140(2)
Shawntai Genell Brown
The Child of Our Younger Years
142(2)
Neftara O. Clark
Do The Feminist Thing
144(4)
Meredith King
Maui Year 2001
148(3)
Rebecca Guest
I am cara
151(2)
Cara H. Sandberg
Untitled
153(2)
Monica Sanchez
Sex
155(2)
Samantha McKinney
Mortality
157(2)
Ka'imi Crowell
I Chose Schooling
159(4)
Jacqueling Nwaiwu
God vs. Creator
163(2)
Leah Skjefte
Entry to Church
165(3)
Jolynne Gonzalez
Behind the Wheel
168(3)
Cecilia Nguyen
Plan C
171(3)
Camille Hoosman
Untitled
174(2)
Anonymous
Spirit Keeps Her
176(3)
Rubi Vaughn
Sharing Our Sorrows 179(34)
Death of a Grandmother, Loss of a Friend
180(2)
Shatara Miller
The Death of a Loved One
182(2)
Christina Carrillo
Untitled
184(2)
Michelle Stevenson
The Other Day
186(1)
Ada Samuel
Steve Said
187(3)
Naeesa Aziz
Untitled
190(2)
Christina Chon
Spring Breeze
192(1)
Lisa Carter
Love Taps
193(1)
Carlotta Smith
Being Deaf
194(1)
Tallish Bell
Lately
195(2)
Camiele D. Land
Depression
197(2)
Yanica Ricketts
These Scars
199(2)
Shimere Etheridge
Unwanted
201(3)
Precious Angel
Anonymous: Untitled
204(1)
Reflection
205(1)
Nicole Pickering
Nonsense
206(1)
Mary Standing Soldier
That Child
206(2)
Sarah Cook
V. M.: Violence and Abuse
208(1)
And We Were Gone
209(3)
Mary Standing Soldier
Pain Street
212(1)
Clarice Lewis
Reclaiming Our Voices 213(30)
Don't Forget the Stars
214(1)
Jasmin Kolu Zazaboi
My Hair
215(2)
Shimere Etheridge
Me
217(2)
Sandra Manzanares
Rhythmic Vibrations
219(1)
Alicia Rodrigo
Brown Skin
220(2)
Joycelyn Hubbard
Girl Who
222(1)
Melanie Medina
The Girl I Knew
222(2)
Leslie Neyland
Essence of Life
224(2)
Neftara O. Clark
Chasing Ebony
226(3)
Ebony L. Herron
Untitled
229(2)
Diomara Chaparro
What Made Me Stronger
231(2)
Deymis Baquero
Untitled
233(2)
Candice J. Bingham
Daughter of Africa
235(1)
Jeanette Asabere
Untitled
236(1)
Sunny Rasmussen
The Struggle: Black, Light-Skinned, and Smart
237(3)
Candice Fleming
For So Long
240(1)
Janelle Camille Cates
Untitled
241(2)
Kristin Soong
Acknowledgments 243