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TAYLEN LI

Myla’s Maryland  American editors Sean Wilsey and Matt Weiland had a mission: uncover America and all its richness, one state at a time. The project grew from a hunch and a conviction. The hunch was that for one to truly understand America, they must learn it state by state, and to acquire an accurate understanding Read more…

LANA LUU

How Nancy became the Drew Prologue “Look Molly, I drew a picture of you – doesn’t it look just like you? Brown eyes, she has brown straight hair and wears a yellow plaid dress and has a blue bow.” Molly was my best friend for it was always a joy to look into her felt Read more…

TIMPER XU

Rather than saying Larry’s essay is a pure reflection on the Idaho chapter of State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America, saying that it is a guide that leads readers to understand the history that is behind this chapter would be more reasonable and accurate. The series, WPA State Guides is the starting point of this history: Read more…

HARRISON WANG

Midwinter The snowy backyard, with a grey stone patio,  on top of it a puddle of  blurry ice. With  a great orangish yellow sunset beginning, the tree, all  leafless and dead, stands there still  with tiny bits of snow on its branches. Grey  stairs, chipped and chiseled  throughout many years, have a tiny finish of  Read more…

AUBREY CHU

The mice got to the lake by first Miss Bianca decided to resign from Chairwoman and to keep to her private life. Bernard decided to throw her a party, so then they had a water picnic to celebrate with no speeches on Miss Bianca’s . The mice danced, “The Dashing Brown Mouse, Roll out the Read more…