TOSSOL Fall 2014 Draft
Telling Our Stories, Sharing Our Lives. A COLLECTION OF STUDENT WRITING BROOKLYN COLLEGE ▸ FALL 2014 !2 Acknowledgments. We are grateful for the support of: Karen L. Gould, President William Tramontano, Provost Terrence Cheng, Associate Provost for Academic Programs Sara Crosby, Director, First College Year Program" " Ellen Tremper, Chair, English Department Janet Moser, Director of Freshman Composition Heidi Diehl, Program Administrator, Freshman Composition Anthology Committee Christine Costello, Heidi Diehl, Chris Kiehne, Rebeca C. Rivera-Robayo, Carl Schlachte Fall 2014 English 1010 Instructors: Stephanie Adams, Ellen Belton, Eliza Bent, Jacob Chandler, Melissa Clairjeune, Elana Cogliano, Christine Costello, Molly Dektar, Claire DeVoogd, Heidi Diehl, Spencer Everett, Amanda Faraone, Eve Gleichman, Sam Gold, Eric Howell, Judson Merrill, Farid Nassif, Jonathan Nissenbaum, Yashari Nunez, Ilana Papir, Carl Schlachte, Cara Scarmack, Ariel Stess, Cherry Sy, Albena Lutzkanova- Vassileva The Staff at Printworks And, most especially, Gary Shteyngart Cover art: Rust Belt, Florent Morellet www.florentmorellet.com !3 Contents. Preface 6 01 “And then I become who I was always meant to be.” John Khan, "The Stache” 8 Samip Delhiwala, “Put A Smile On That Face” 9 Amy Yedid, “Ana” 10 Jihan Ramroop, “Everyone Writes At Their Own Pace” 11 Shawn Roberts, “No One Is Alone” 12 Nicky Chase, “The Volatile Nature of a Global Community” 14 Mohammed Asaduzzaman, “Lion Time” 15 Porfirio Trinidad, “Verbal Lexapro” 17 Kelly Burns, “An Outsider” 18 Robert Gurevich,
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