New INTERVIEW with young adult author Lensey Namioka, by MFA student Claire Gebben.
Congratulations to February 2010’s Student Choice Contest Winner Benjamin Winship.
BAGHDAD NIGHTS
I’m not a soldier. I just live here. Nothing but four walls, tile floor and a flat concrete roof. That is my existence. Hot during the day. Cold at night. TV on. TV off. Can’t leave the house. Kidnappings. We’re on high alert. Everyone’s afraid. Bulletproof vests, bodyguards and armored vehicles. You don’t get around. You stay put. It’s boring as hell. It’s scary as hell.
You don’t find white boys my age in Baghdad. Like you don’t find swamps in the middle of the desert. Parents lead. I follow. Who’d of thought? They closed the airport yesterday. Couldn’t get out if we wanted to. I get the feeling we don’t. READ MORE …
The March 2010 Student Choice Contest is now open. Click here for details.
