Brent Runyon reads from THE BURN JOURNALS (part two)
This is part two of a version of the first chapter of The Burn Journals originally produced for This American Life with Ira Glass.
Brent Runyon reads from THE BURN JOURNALS (part one)
This is a version of the first chapter of The Burn Journals originally produced for This American Life with Ira Glass.
WHORES ON THE HILL
by Colleen Curran
The girls of Sacred Heart Holy Angels eye the good dancers at the all-ages club Metropolis. They waste afternoons at the mall, check out parties on the lake, burn through candid, casual sex.
Everybody calls them the Whores on the Hill, but they don’t care. (more…)
THE BURN JOURNALS
by Brent Runyon
I don’t want to get out of bed.
I’m so stupid.
I did so many things wrong.
I don’t know what to do.
I’m going to be in so much trouble.
What am I going to do?
I’m completely screwed.
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THE ICARUS GIRL
by Helem Oyeyemi
Jessamy “Jess” Harrison is eight years old. Sensitive, whimsical, possessed of an extraordinary and powerful imagination, she spends hours writing haiku, reading Shakespeare, or simply hiding in the dark warmth of the airing cupboard. As the child of an English father and a Nigerian mother, Jess just can’t shake off the feeling of being alone wherever she goes, and the other kids in her class are wary of her tendency to succumb to terrified fits of screaming. (more…)