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    13 Featured Works

    This Side Of The Hill: Poetic Maps Of Our Neighborhoods

    Members of 826 Boston’s Youth Literary Advisory Board (YLAB) share pieces about their colorful, complicated, and changing relationships with their Boston neighborhoods in This Side Of The Hill: Poetic Maps […]

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    wait, whaaa? where am i?

    Enjoy original writing about dreams, nightmares, and more by the students of 826 Boston’s Egleston Square After-School Writing and Tutoring Program. These pieces were written in the winter and spring […]

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    I Was Meant for This: Mayoral Speeches by Boston’s Young Leaders

    What would you do if you were elected mayor of Boston? Student authors answer this question and share their hopes for the future in 40 inaugural speeches published in 826 […]

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    Rubix: The Connections Issue

    Rubix: The Connections Issue, features poems, manifestos, narratives—even artwork—written by students in 826 Boston’s John D. O’Bryant Writers’ Room. It was published in Spring 2021. As the Student Editorial Board […]

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    A Tour of Latin America

    “A Tour of Latin America,” the latest project from the Blanca Burgos Bilingual Writers’ Room at the Rafael Hernández School, features stories of places to visit, culture, food, music, and […]

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    The Colors of Our Spirits: 826 Boston’s College Essay Anthology by the Class of 2021

    The Colors of Our Spirits highlights college essays from the class of 2021. This powerful and poignant collection was written by students from across Boston.

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    The Other Side of the Portal

    The Other Side of the Portal includes original writing, illustrations, and more by the students of 826 Boston’s Remote After-School Tutoring Program, created both collaboratively and individually.

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    I Closed My Eyes and Imagined: Visions for a Better Boston

    In the 2020 Young Authors’ Book Project, I Closed My Eyes and Imagined: Visions for a Better Boston, twelfth-graders at the Margarita Muñiz Academy and eighth-graders at the Rafael Hernández […]

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    How We May Appear

    In this book—the first from 826 Boston’s Youth Literary Advisory Board (YLAB)—readers will discover more than 30 poems, essays, and narratives on self-identity from students all across Boston. As poet […]

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