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100 101 Overcoming 104 106 109 110 111 112 113 115 116 PTA President by Martha Gary Rochdale Adult Learning Center, Queens Library The Most Important Thing in Life by Mariame Traore Aguilar Center for Reading and Writing, New York Public Library I Want to Become a Literate Person by Ming Xian (Cindy) Lin University Settlement Society, Family Literacy Program Going Home by Caretha Brown Fortune Society, Education Program Cooking with Experts by Fernando Trujillo City College of New York, Adult Literacy Program, City University of New York Milk Baby by Elvira Luy City College of New York, Adult Literacy Program, City University of New York Standing Up to an Abusive Husband by Patricia Baio College of Staten Island, Adult Learning Center, City University of New York Just Three Words by Stacy Mantz College of Staten Island, Adult Learning Center, City University of New York Taking a Stand by Merrick Roper Central Learning Center, Brooklyn Public Library This Crazy World by Nohel Marte LaGuardia Community College, Adult Learning Center, City University of New York I Am the Hero by Irene Laos Hunter College, SPELL Program, City University of New York
Welcome from Dean Susanne Wofford As the new dean of The Gallatin School, I welcome you to Volume 6 of this annual compilation of some of the best writing by adults in Basic Education, G.E.D. and ESOL classes throughout New York City. This year, the five undergraduate editors—Abbey Fenbert, Carol Gottshall, Allyson Paty, Peter Torre and Samantha Wolf—read 325 essays, stories and poems by writers from 50 countries, which were submitted by 50 teachers, tutors and site advisors from the adult literacy centers of institutions including New York City public libraries, City University of New York community colleges and the New York City Department of Education. This year, for the first time, the five editors were aided in their selection by an editorial board of 17 more Gallatin undergraduates. Together, the 23 students chose the 63 superlative pieces you’ll read in this book, from Bienvenido M. Richiez’s “The Cólon Theater Sunday Matinees” to Irene Laos’s “I Am the Hero.” The five main editors went on to edit, copy edit and proofread the writing, and maintain contact with the sites. The undergraduate photographers—Dave Aakhus and Laura Senteno—photographed 50 writers at three photo shoots and dozens more when they visited adult literacy sites. Brian Wang—another undergraduate—designed and laid out the book, placing those 50 writers’ wonderful faces not only with their writing but greeting us on the glorious cover. Allyson Paty, an editor of Volume 5 and 6, who also tutored at the International Rescue Committee and studied in Peru, has written an introduction that expresses The Literacy Review’s meaning to her. I am a strong advocate of community service, and of The Literacy Review’s bringing together the students of Gallatin with their New York City neighbors. I am as eager as you are to read Volume 6! Introduction Allyson Paty The Literacy Review Editor, Volumes 5 and 6; B.A., Gallatin, 2009 The best evenings when I was a child were those when my father told me stories from his boyhood. Through his stories, I could understand part of what it was to be a boy in the 1960s, running wild in a tangelo grove. As I’ve grown, storytelling has only become more important. In my last three years as a student at Gallatin, my studies have increasingly focused on the relationship between art and empowerment. While I am interested in intentionally activist art, I have become more invested in the idea that the process of making creative decisions (i.e., making art) is inherently political. I understood The Literacy Review as an immensely important project from the moment I heard about it. What could be more beautiful than a space that gives a public voice to those whose experiences might otherwise be unknown?
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Page 17 and 18: My Lost Shoes Agnes Hernon 16 Remem
Page 19 and 20: Bad Company Michael Charles It was
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Page 25 and 26: A Deep Memory Suki Wong Time flies
Page 27 and 28: Going to the River to Wash Clothes
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Page 33 and 34: About Something I Love Sunyoung Ha
Page 35 and 36: Thank You for Being My Grandmother
Page 37 and 38: Buckey and the Chocolate Cake: A St
Page 39 and 40: A Glimpse of New York Life Maria Cr
Page 41 and 42: Going on a Safari Rene Bertin 40 Ap
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Page 45 and 46: 44 Appreciating There is a saying,
Page 47 and 48: My Mother, My Hero Aissatou Diallo
Page 51 and 52: Best Friends Derek Scott 50 Grievin
Page 53 and 54: My Secret Skill Hoyt Alston 52 Grie
Page 55 and 56: My Father’s Sorrow Xao Ling Shang
Page 57 and 58: A Letter to Heaven Salif Kabore 56
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Language and Me Magdalena Leiva 60
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Ramadan in New York Alioune Cisse 6
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My Small World Sahanaz Ahmed 64 Ada
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The New Breed Edward Seabron 66 Ada
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or at the French Pyrenees mountains
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Little Red Riding in the Hood Linet
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Thanksgiving Jose Chavarry 74 Laugh
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At a New York City Subway Station H
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Crazy Things That Happen B.F. Tatum
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The Good Samaritan Claudene Graham
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The Word That Changed Me Tony Robbi
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asked a question that was unintelli
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Serbeina Ndregjoni emigrated from A
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A Folk Treatment Svetlana Pasman On
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Teaching a Song in English Aracely
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Police Harassment Glenmore Miller 9
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If I were a season, I would like to
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President of the PTA Martha Gary Mo
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I Want to Become a Literate Person
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I’m Going Home Caretha Brown 106
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the morning. The smell from the blu
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Milk Baby Elvira Luy 110 Overcoming
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Three Words Stacy Mantz 112 Overcom
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and one and a half weeks later, he
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I Am the Hero Irene Laos 116 Overco
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