Like the Sun in Dark Spaces

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Written by the graduating class of 2018 from the Boston International Newcomers Academy (BINcA), this collection of personal essays explores ideas of success across generations and continents. Foreword written by Poet Laureate of the City of Boston Danielle Legros Georges.

Stories from Like the Sun in Dark Spaces

The sunrise was her best friend for years

by Jossara

First sentence:

The sunrise was her best friend for years; they woke up together.

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She wished for me to have the choice of what to study

by Betelihem

First sentence:

When she was growing up, success for my mom was defiance, proving society wrong and making the impossible possible.

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Without education, life is living in a dark house

by Abebech

First sentence:

Mantegbosh, my mom, lived traditionally in a city called Bahir Dar, in Ethiopia, where mostly homogeneous groups of people live.

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She took both of her shoes off and began to walk

by Tirsiani

First sentence:

“Cock-a-doodle-doo!” crowed the rooster every day at 5 a.m. “AAAAAUUUUUUUOOHH!” Stretching, my cousin Juline jumped out of bed to start the day.

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The Man of the Year

by Ngan

First sentence:

My aunt spent her entire childhood living in a small, rural hamlet in South Vietnam, where almost all people made a living growing […]

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Once more, she repeated a pattern

by Ardit

First sentence:

Often she approaches me with a bunch of papers and asks me to read and explain them to her.

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