Cover TOSSOL Fall 2013
! ! ! ! Telling Our Stories, Sharing Our! Lives. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! A COLLECTION OF STUDENT WRITING BROOKLYN COLLEGE ▸ FALL 2013 ! "2 Acknowledgments. ! ! We are grateful for the support of: Karen L. Gould PRESIDENT William Tramontano PROVOST Terrence Cheng ASSOCIATE PROVOST FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Ellen Tremper CHAIR, ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Janet Moser DIRECTOR OF FRESHMAN COMPOSITION Heidi Diehl PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, FRESHMAN COMPOSITION ! ▸ ! ANTHOLOGY COMMITTEE Norman Brannon, Heidi Diehl, Carl Schlachte ! FALL 2013 ENGLISH 1010 INSTRUCTORS Shaun Adams, Stephanie Adams, Moustafa Bayoumi, Lynn Beckenstein, Lauren Belski, Eliza Bent, Elisa Boyton, Christine Costello, Erin Courtney, Heidi Diehl, Spencer Everett, Tim Griffiths, Chris Kiehne, Judson Merrill, Melina Moore, Kate Naito, Farid Nassif, Bradley Nelson, Ryan Schaefer, Carl Schlachte, Kate Simonian, Helen Terndrup, !Albena Lutzkanova-Vassileva The Staff at Printworks And, most especially, Junot Díaz ORIGINAL COVER IMAGE “Alien Planet” by Ed Emshwiller "3 Contents. ! ! ! ! ! Preface 6 ! ! 01 TRANSFORM Michelle Cherian, “Family Reunion in the Hospital” 8 Meroua Zouai, “Colonial Blaze” 11 Justine Del Grosso, “There’s No Place Like 127.0.01” 15 Alena Kats, “My Mother’s Cancer” 19 Rochel Karp, “My Shared Day” 23 Nicole Turturro, “Preparation” 26 Daniel Drabkin, “My Brother’s Face” 29 Cody Hom, “Diagnosed With Puberty” 33 ! ! 02 TRANSFER Farjana Rashid, “Deception” 38 Keeonah Alexander, “On Sight” 41 Carolina Guarrella, “My Slice of Heaven” 44 Shannon Mondesir, “Growing Up Haitian” 48 Haleem Alkasimi, “Inner Hope” 51 Lauren Tennant, “Identity Mad” 55 Momna Ahmed, “I’m Human” 58 Samantha Selina Deo, “Anupia’s Call” 62 Deborah Dweck, “Never As It Seems” 67 "4 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 03 TRANSLATE Rosie Goldberger, “La Oración” 72 Nora D. Schreiber, “La Isla de Las Brujas” 75 Jensine C.
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