num_pages: 257
description: A startling, provocative collection from the best under-18 writers and artists in America.Astonishing. Remarkable. Perceptive. These are just three of the adjectives that could be applied to the work in this collection. Drawn from the winners of the 1999, 2000, and 2001 Scholastic Art &amp; Writing Awards, this anthology is a groundbreaking document of voices and visions from the front lines of today's youth.Remorse for being young, written in a Kroger parking lot / Ian Ferguson --I am searching / Sarah Major --Ice cream sundae / Rona Jia --Practice / Erica Bryant --"An old fashioned pressing" / Laura Walter --As beautiful as / Kristen Shaw --Encierillo / Margaret Douglass --Vee-o'la / Benjamin Wikler --On bathrooms / William Merrell --Aubade to childhood / Matthew Fitting --In Ohio there are no whales / Silvia Li --Occident meets Orient / Darian Duckworth --This July morning / Kelly Davison --Fifth gear / Jennifer Hall --Sea salt / Elizabeth Gorey --My mother tells the story of her Alabama childhood / Sarah Chang --Untouchable names / Dan Poston --Domestic conversation / Chris Gibson --Faking it / Grant Slater --Ska show Saturday / Harris Feinsod --Daydream / Jena Barchas Lichtenstein --Painting to Berlioz / Katherine Casula --Questions / Matt McDonald --Battle / Nicholas Zaniska --Red divide / Mark Thiedeman --Virgin / Molly Patterson --Postlude / Chris Gibson --Close encounter / Rebecca Givens --Picasso's painting / Leslie Jamison --Citrus / Sarah Dryden --Gift / Katie Fowley --In my mother's garden / Meghan Baxter --Dead woman's hairpins / Dorsey Seignious --When you / Tamara Butler --Liberation / Stephen Fritsch --Feeling California / Lenora Yerkes --Reconstruction / Lindsay Greer --Breathing under water / Megan Shevenock --Going back / Edith Eustis --Hazelden / Christopher Schmicker --Poem in three conversations / Piper Wheeler --Faith / W. Garner Robinson --Meeting that dude / Joshua Howes --Silence in the house / Alex Nemser --Boy wakes up with no head / Ilya Abyzov --George Orwell's writing advice / Geoffrey Guesh --Open letter to the college process / Caedra Scott-Flaherty --Searching / Valerie Ross --Alphabets / Leon Hilton --Theme and development or, sonata in the form of a burrito / Edwina Lui --Mothers and comforters / Jennifer Strunge --Sundays / Jamilah Ryan --Montserrat / Kendra Levin --Alex / Florence Arend --Guffy / Carrie Vasios --Chutney / Ellen Knight --Three ways of remembering / Zack Lindsay --Where to find infinity / Celeste LeCompte --(Love) Poem / Leah Christie --I knew a boy
language: English
title: You Are Here This Is Now: The Best Young Writers and Artists in America
titlecomplete: You Are Here This Is Now: The Best Young Writers and Artists in America
genres: Young Adult, Anthologies, Fiction, Short Stories, Poetry, Art
ratings_count: 83
publisher: Scholastic Inc.