Lying is one of the few activities I have never mastered. Though I more than possess the creativity to lie, I lack the stamina necessary to uphold it. It's similar to my relationship to running: yes, I have legs, but is that really how I want to use them?

This post was written by Jordyn Turney, 19, an author of RED the Book, a collection of personal essays written by 58 American teenage girls, recently released in paperback and being workshopped for theater. She is attending community college in California and just completed her first YA...

This post was written by Carey Dunne, 19, an author of RED the Book, a collection of personal essays written by 58 American teenage girls, recently released in paperback. She is a sophomore studying English at Oberlin College.

The Obamas' call to service for Martin Luther King, Jr.,...

This post was written by Amy Hunt, 18, an author of RED the Book, a collection of personal essays written by 58 American teenage girls, recently released in paperback. She is a freshman at Juniata College.

I wish I could write here about my glorious inauguration experience, about...

This post was written by Cindy Morand, 19, an author of RED the Book, a collection of personal essays written by 58 American teenage girls, recently released in paperback. She's studying finance at the University of Buffalo.

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As a teenager from a mixed racial...

This week's post was written by Amy Hunt. She is an author of RED the Book, a collection of personal essays written by 58 American teenage girls. This summer, she plans to volunteer for Wizard Rock the Vote, a project focused on registering voters at wizard rock shows across...

In the two years and 800 essay submissions I've spent with American teenage girls in putting together this book, both the most heartening (what I'm hearing from people who are under 18) and most disheartening response (what I'm hearing, always from white people, usually over 40) have been about...

In the two years and 800 essay submissions I've spent with American teenage girls in putting together this book, both the most heartening (what I'm hearing from people who are under 18) and most disheartening response (what I'm hearing, always from white people, usually over 40) have been about...

In the two years and 800 essay submissions I've spent with American teenage girls in putting together this book, both the most heartening (what I'm hearing from people who are under 18) and most disheartening response (what I'm hearing, always from white people, usually over 40) have been about...

In the two years and 800 essay submissions I've spent with American teenage girls in putting together this book, both the most heartening (what I'm hearing from people who are under 18) and most disheartening response (what I'm hearing, always from white people, usually over 40) have been about...