March/May 2020
Issue 5
This issue spans two academic quarters due to COVID-19.
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FICTION
Sol de Ugarte
You don’t expect it, but when you walk into the house, the grief is tangible. |
FICTION
Kenna Klop-Packel
Salt cakes the edges of her mouth and hugs her skin, drying and pinching it, abrasive grains kneading into old scars and new wounds. |
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FICTION
Claudia Johnson
“And . . . done,” Addison said, putting down the brush. "What do you think?" |
FICTION
Zora Laddish
She came as she always did, alone and barefoot to the edge of the chasm, so close that one would crave to shout look out! |
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FICTION
Auden Svoboda
Claus pulled the hood of his black cloak further over his face to shield himself from the unrelenting sun. |
FICTION
Zoe Mitchell
I walk a few steps behind you, a resistor clenched in my sweaty palm. |
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FICTION
Mia Skoble
I can’t believe my friends talked me into coming here, then didn’t even show up. |
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2020 Emerging Writers
Each year, Redwood invites eighth graders at King, Longfellow, and Willard middle schools in Berkeley
to submit pieces for publication in our May issue.
Emerging Writers are guided through the editing process by experienced Redwood writers.
to submit pieces for publication in our May issue.
Emerging Writers are guided through the editing process by experienced Redwood writers.
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Emerging Writer
POETRY
Lucia
Segovia Merlos As the moon fades into the sunlight The stars dissolve into the first hints of blue sky |
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Emerging Writer
POETRY
Gwendolin
Weber-Stover i hesitate to loosen my grip on the comforts of the present |
December 2019
Issue 4
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INTERVIEW
Julia Weinberg
"I have loved books for as long as I can remember." |
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POETRY
Daisy
Paris-Kaufman "Ignorance is Bliss" That's what they always told me Whenever I asked questions |
FICTION
Kenna Klop-Packel
A rustling sound shook the air as leather was pulled up over heels and shoulders . . . |
POETRY
Sonja Wooley
How about an imaginary boat, Rudderless and swaying, Cradled in a velvet Whispering sea? |
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FICTION
Nora Furlong
Sonoma Avenue is quiet save for the chirping of night birds and the removed sounds of the neighbors' evening routines. |
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October 2019
Issue 3
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FICTION
Nora Furlong
“Sunscreen, everybody!” Grace’s mother smiled widely, passing around the oily bottle. |
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FICTION
Zora Laddish
The desert stretched. It must have stretched. The man had only a few miles to walk to get from one camp to the next, but he'd been traveling for three days. |
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POETRY
Sol de Ugarte
We live in the U.S. Where gun rights Are favored Over education, the lives of your children |
FICTION
Kenna Klop-Packel
She sleeps. Her body twists through consciousness, overlapping and underlapping with bliss, sublime happiness. |
2019-20 Academic Year
Editor-in-Chief: Julia Weinberg
Editor: Sonja Wooley
Emerging Writers Mentors: Zora Laddish, Daisy Paris-Kaufman, Julia Weinberg, Sonja Wooley
Writers: Sol de Ugarte, Nora Furlong, Rylyn Jaggar, Claudia Johnson, Kenna Klop-Packel, Zora Laddish,
Zoe Mitchell, Daisy Paris-Kaufman, Mia Skoble, Auden Svoboda, Julia Weinberg, Sonja Wooley
Emerging Writers: Luka Henrie-Naffaa, Lucia Segovia Merlos, Gwendolin Weber-Stover
Faculty Advisor: Sean Stevens
Editor-in-Chief: Julia Weinberg
Editor: Sonja Wooley
Emerging Writers Mentors: Zora Laddish, Daisy Paris-Kaufman, Julia Weinberg, Sonja Wooley
Writers: Sol de Ugarte, Nora Furlong, Rylyn Jaggar, Claudia Johnson, Kenna Klop-Packel, Zora Laddish,
Zoe Mitchell, Daisy Paris-Kaufman, Mia Skoble, Auden Svoboda, Julia Weinberg, Sonja Wooley
Emerging Writers: Luka Henrie-Naffaa, Lucia Segovia Merlos, Gwendolin Weber-Stover
Faculty Advisor: Sean Stevens