Girls write now: two decades of true stories from young female voices

Roxane Gay

Dear Kanye / Danni Green

Adhan / Misbah Awan

Step / Angelica Rozza

Kiss me / Clio Contogenis

Hajabi or jihadi? / Romaissaa Benzizoune

Mott street between Houston and Prince / Samantha Carlin

Model minority girl / Maggie Wang

A touch of memory between Amsterdam and a guy named Columbus / Jasmine Holloway

Life in odd numbers / Marquisele Mercedes

Humming bird / Rocio Cuevas

Eyes / Kiara Kerina-Rendina

House keys / Lemi Hernandez-Kim

My life / Lauren Melendez

Francine Prose

Dear you / Julia Mercado

Abuelo's porch / Marcela Grillo

Moments in a high school life / Emma Fiske-Dobell

The places we came from / Tashi Sangmo

Opening up / Meek Thomas

The first 1578 days in New York City / Xiao Shan Liu

Keeping faith / Zahraa Lopez

Black / Rachel Aghanwa

The hijabi / Nishat Anjum

Scarf / Diana Diaz

The photograph / Alexa Betances

The search / Idamaris Perez

The one I need / Janiah Taylor

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Why won't you stop!? / Kirby-Estar Laguerre

The feminist in me / Tuhfa Begum

Saturday morning / Mitzi Sanchez

A walk through racism / Bianca Jeffrey

Space / Tammy Chan

Who am i? / Brittney Nanton

Stunned silence / Winkie Ma

A slight misunderstanding / Joy Smith

The infamous catcall / Rosemary Alfonseca

We protest with thunder not lightning / Soledad Aguilar-Colon

It is me: the real Tianna C. / Tianna Coleman

She's a 7.8 / Sarah Kearns

Zadie Smith

Dinner time / Joanne Lin

Every little thing / Calayah Heron

Growing up now / Ebony McNeil

Abandoned by faith / Laura Rose Cardona

Red apple pie / Michaela Burns

It rained last night / Yesenia Torres

Loving in new ways / Ava Nadel

Inspirationfrom my mother / Fanta Camara

Mother / Jennifer Lee

En su espejo / Luna Rojas

Diamonds / Juleisy Polanco

Baby things / Emely Paulino

Mia Alvar

A time to heal / Mariam Kamate

Chinese food on my chapped lips / Lucy Tan

Write. / Janae Lowe

Rising / Emily del Carmen Ramirez

Joyful / Anglory Morel

Happiness in compensations / Bushra Miah

Time for healing / Marlyn Palomino

Still looking / Ceasia King

Work / Shannon Daniels

Noriko's postcards / Mona Haddad

The rebirth of Shanai Williams / Shanai Williams

Janet Mock

Monolid monologue / Becky Chao

This is my dwelling / Amanda Day McCullough

Where I'm from / Samantha White

My Vietnam / Sasha Goodfriend

On thermodynamics: a reflection / En Yu Zhang

Life in Senegal / Yvonne Ndiaye

Hurricane connor / Ryan Marie Marini

Autism is... / Charlene Vasquez

Requiem / Toni Bruno

Forgiveness not burden / Jiselle Abraham

All over again / Shirleyka Hector

The sky's the limit / Rayhana Maarouf

Lena Dunham

Made out of diamonds / Erin Pennill

Easy-bake oven / Kiana Marte

What's twenty percent of forty-eight? / Ireen Hossain

Some days over the summer / Kaytlin Carlo

Why obsessions matter / Diamond Abreu

Invasion of the germs / Rashri Shamsundar

Empire state / Brittany Barker

Moving on / Brianna Marie Marini

Nagiti-buitu / Suyapa Martinez

An extroverted introvert / Samantha Verdugo

Taunting little jar of sugar / Xena Leycea-Bruno

37th Street / Fareena Samad

Gloria Steinem

By grace through love / Grace Han

The case of the ugly black shoes / Valerie Pereyra

Baile de idiomas / Sophia Chan

Friends, discrimination, peace / Kimberley Garcia

Raw beauty / Tiana Zuniga

I'm finally home / Medelin Cuevas

Switching beds / Rumer Legendre

My search for comfort / Paldon Dolma

You're (not quite) hired / Ilana Schiller-Weiss

Sunday call / Tina Gao

Los regalos de angelitos / Emily Sarita

Writing out of my shell / Zariah Jenkins

Quiara Alegria Hudes

A taste of duck and family / Priscilla Guo

A woman with power / Rochelle Smith

Better to be ken than Barbie / Rosalyn Santana

Bubbly / Shanille Martin

Erasing race / Karla Kim

Conversations / Amy Zhang

The days of our lives / Evelyn Berrones

Salt on old wounds / Sabrina Persaud

Black cherry soda / Samori Covington

A-ma and the pretty daisy / PinChang Huang

Rebellious streak / Ella Callahan

My neighborhood / Muhua Li

Alice Walker

Grilled cheese / Kayla Glemaud

My father's home is my mother's prison / Rahat Huda

Is this America? / Esther Kim

Yellow dress / Rachel Garcia

Warm milk / Gia Deeton

Fighting back against my culture by reclaiming my curls / Roberta Nin Feliz

My brother's name is Ramon / Yolandri Vargas

Flying bullets / E. Alfaro

Halloween / Flor Altamirano

Grandma / Lashanda Anakwah

The dreams they carried / Diana Romero

In search of darker planets / Eden Diamond Staten.