ChiTeen Lit Fest November 6 & 7 Virtual FEST SCHEDULE 2020 CTLF HEADLINERSAtra Asdou Ashley A. Woods Kaivyn Lael Pat Frazier Kathleen Rooney Nestor Gomez Read Writers of the Week Here!WRITER OF THE WEEK SUBMISSION FORM FROM THE BLOG November 30, 2020The Oxymoronic Proposition of a Full Circle By Annaliese B. I couldn’t stand still anymore. I couldn’t stand in the small private waiting room any longer. It felt like the grey walls were trapping me, the silence between my notoriously loud family making me anxious. I had to get out. I went to find my mother, fully aware that my father had far too much on his plate to deal with me at that moment. I found her at the end of the ICU hallway. She looked […] READ MORE November 23, 2020The Youth of Chicago, A Snapshot by Leyah Swayzer Living in Chicago as a teen can warrant many different experiences. Our experiences can be nostalgic, chaotic, and much more. It can feel like we’re riding a big wave a lot of times. Living in the city has shaped us into the people we are today. Since we all have so many different experiences, living in Chicago has allowed many teens to have a broader outlook on life. I’ve interviewed a few teens from Chicago and here’s […] READ MORE November 17, 20202 Poems By Azariah B. – (School: George Westinghouse College Prep) Explaining my depression Explaining my depression to whoever will listen, a panic attack My depression is the sun. Some days it’s tucked neatly away by a mist of clouds and other days it shines through my window and leaves me with a slight sunburn These days I try my best to hide from the sun. It taughts me from behind my curtains so I stay under the covers Though as the […] READ MORE Kaivyn Lael and DJ Ca$hera both shared music at CTLF 2020. Check out their pages: https://soundcloud.com/kaivynlael https://www.djcashera.com/mixes
