Telling Our Stories, Sharing Our Lives
TELLING OUR STORIES, SHARING OUR LIVES A Collection of student memoir writing Brooklyn College Fall 2008 Acknowledgments We are grateful for the support of: William Tramontano, Provost Donna Wilson, Dean of Undergraduate Studies Milga Morales, Dean of Student Life Ellen Tremper, Chair, English Department Janet Moser, Director of Freshman Composition Fall 2008 English 1 Instructors (Including Jess Barbagallo, Moustafa Bayoumi, Donald Brown, Michelle Brulé, Clare Callahan, Erin Courtney, Steve D’Amato, Elida DeKlein, Ryan Dobran, Christine Hauser, Jill Jarvis, Jennifer Kikoler, Tracy Lander, Marlene Lee, Jake Lemkowitz, Scott Lindenbaum, David Miller, Patrick Nugent, William Offenbaker, Tahneer Oksman, Tanya Pollard, Molly Pulda, Matthew Reeck, Helen Rubinstein, Melissa Sande, Risa Shoup, Jane Stafford, Elizabeth Stevens, Albena Vassileva, Sarah White, Sybil White) Christopher Schmidt, Writing Fellow Sarah Brown, College Assistant Helen Phillips, College Assistant Patrick Kavanagh, Assistant to the Dean of Undergraduate Studies Faculty and Staff Discussion Leaders Richard Grossberg, BCBC Frank Angel, Director, Brooklyn Center Cinema The Staff at BC Printworks Cover art (“Bench”) and interior drawings by Adam Thompson and of course, Jhumpa Lahiri Contents ROLE MODELS 1 CHILDHOOD DREAMS: DR. CROSSING GUARD Elizabeth Persaud 3 THE SEPARATION Reynaldo Piniella 5 ME ENAMORÉ CON MI PAPA: I FELL IN LOVE WITH MY FATHER Iemi Hernandez-Kim 7 FORGET ME NOT Esther Varon 13 PAYING THE FISHER-PRICE Christian DeJesus 15 THE TEARS THAT LIFTED
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