ChiTeen Lit Fest May 16-22, 2021! Virtual 2021 CTLF HEADLINERS AND PRESENTERSHeadliner: Kara Jackson Atra Asdou Daniel Kisslinger Hugo Arreguin Isabella Steele Joshua Bohnsack Tommy Langford (Mock Nine) Headliner: Ric Wilson Damon A. Williams Dina Nayeri Credit: Anna Leader Irregular Girl Janisse Ray Marcus Lumpkin Read Writers of the Week Here!WRITER OF THE WEEK SUBMISSION FORM FROM THE BLOG April 14, 2021Love? By Aderemi A. Love: A word thrown around but not so easily defined. The dictionary does my feelings no justice. “Attraction based on sexual desire: affection and tenderness felt by lovers.” But the indescribable tranquility that envelopes me when I hear her voice: Is that love? The insecurities that fill my head when she stares too long: Is that love? As I struggled to define my feelings, I stumbled upon the realization that when someone affects you so positively that […] READ MORE March 26, 2021Next Gen. By Sonaya J. A problem I’d like to solve would be providing opportunities for those who don’t have access to them. For as long as I can remember, I have always been interested in helping children. There are so many children throughout this world that need a place to go if they want to talk or a place to sleep, and there is no assistance available. I want to aid kids who share my background and come from the same […] READ MORE 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
