Where Am I? Sitka Story Lab Student Anthology
The Island Institute's Sitka Story Lab program released this new book of Southeast Alaskan student writing in May 2016. Called Where Am I?: Stories of Strange Landscapes, Wrong Turns, and New Worlds, the anthology features fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and zany creative experiments that convey the disorientation and the discovery that young people experience, from being in the wilderness to simply growing up. The young writers come from Sitka, Hoonah, Haines, Wrangell, and Skagway, and are as young as nine years old and as old as eighteen. "The writing ranges from fantastic and playful to emotionally moving and dark," said Story Lab Coordinator Sarah Swong. "I'm impressed at how creative and varied these writings are, and at how open students were to feedback and improving their work." The project offered students the chance to write a piece for publication and to hone their writing with an editor.
The Island Institute's Sitka Story Lab program released this new book of Southeast Alaskan student writing in May 2016.
Called Where Am I?: Stories of Strange Landscapes, Wrong Turns, and New Worlds, the anthology features fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and zany creative experiments that convey the disorientation and the discovery that young people experience, from being in the wilderness to simply growing up. The young writers come from Sitka, Hoonah, Haines, Wrangell, and Skagway, and are as young as nine years old and as old as eighteen.
"The writing ranges from fantastic and playful to emotionally moving and dark," said Story Lab Coordinator Sarah Swong. "I'm impressed at how creative and varied these writings are, and at how open students were to feedback and improving their work."
The project offered students the chance to write a piece for publication and to hone their writing with an editor.
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A STUFFED OPINION<br />
JERRY: I remember him; he brought flowers for Mom.<br />
THEA: Very sweet boy.<br />
TED: Better than Tommy.<br />
JERRY: Uhh, don’t remind me. He was the worst! And considering<br />
the assholes Lily’s dated, that’s saying something.<br />
THEA: What was it like, Jerry? Like before Ted and I moved in.<br />
TED: We only missed kindergarten and first grade.<br />
JERRY: True, but I don’t know man, there’s something about<br />
kindergarten. The brand new sunset pink sundress from target that<br />
still hangs a little too loose on her. The first glittery princess backpack<br />
she got just because it has Belle on it. She was so scared she<br />
brought me with her. And she didn’t let go of me until we were safe<br />
back home again. Back then she would hug me goodnight every<br />
day. Now I’m lucky to see her before midnight.<br />
THEA: Remember middle school? She came to us crying every<br />
day. She would talk to us for hours and then joke that she was<br />
probably crazy because we would never understand. That was the<br />
saddest day of my life, because I truly did.<br />
TED: Or that time two years ago when she fell asleep doing math<br />
and I finished it for her. Matched her handwriting and everything.<br />
Impressive work if I do say so myself. She was confused as hell<br />
though.<br />
JERRY: Yeah that was cool, I guess. Then all those guys showed up.<br />
THEA: Oh my remember Tommy and how he tried to get Lily to<br />
take Adderall so she could focus more? Oh we were so angry that<br />
110 <strong>Where</strong> <strong>Am</strong> I?
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