Shooting the Rat : Stories and Poems by Outstanding High School Writers

, by Pawlak, Mark; Lourie, Dick; Schreiber, Ron; Hershon, Robert

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ISBN: 9781931236232 | 1931236232
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/1/2003

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Poetry. Fiction. Top selections from the famous high school section of Hanging Loose magazine.

Shooting the Rat

(21)

Gemma Cooper-Novack

Pears of the World

(1)

Sarah Nooter

On the Corner of Fulton and Liberty

(1)

Phoebe Prioleau

Driving Home at Night After Picking Up the Milk

(1)

Elizabeth Bear

1920

(1)

Katina Antoniades

Poem at a Quarter to Six

(1)

Windsock

(1)

A 1950s Televised A-Bomb Drill Aired for Educational Purposes

(2)

Lauren Brozovich

In the Girls' Dressing Room Before the Gulling of Beatrice Scene in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

(2)

Fida Fida Fida Fida

(1)

Keystone

Farmacy

(1)

Matthew Moses

Iconography

(1)

Julia Kate Jarcho

The Twist of Her Head

(1)

Rebecca Givens

Image Retention

(2)

Jenny Jones

Destination

(1)

Erica Ehrenberg

During This Movie

(1)

Rebecca Givens

Vivian

(1)

Julia Schaffer

Attire

(1)

Ryan Hagan

Four Haiku: Nora/Winter Rocks

(1)

Ian Kain Amato

Three Poems: Shoes/Watermelon/Moon

(1)

Grace Lorentz

Ode to the Stove

(1)

Nadja Blagojevic

Cold Burn

(6)

Ben Patton

Poulsbo

(1)

Erin Beach

Faculty Christmas Party at Webster Middle School

(1)

Christopher Lew

Perception

(1)

Karen Emmerich

Field

(1)

Samara Adsit Holtz

Outcrop

(1)

Matthew Joy

A Poem in the Wave

(1)

Residential Whiskey in Hand

(1)

Morning Run

(1)

The Bicyclers

(1)

Alexis Goldberg

Schuylkill Valley Park

(1)

Shayna Strom

Casey

(3)

Beth Kinderman

A Wing in My Mouth

Lemonade

(1)

William Lopez

Missile

(1)

Christopher Lew

Journey

(1)

Han-Yeh Katharine Lo

East Jordan

(1)

David Konieczkowski

Considerations

(2)

Jeffrey Chiu

Pineapple Days of Sunshine

(1)

Anna Soo-Hoo

The Beginning

(1)

Julie Scharper

Revelation

(1)

Jessica Bulman

I Lose Constellations in Foreign Cities

(1)

Rebecca Givens

The End of Our Manifest Destinies

(2)

Bliss

(1)

Emma Straub

This Day Was a Poem

(2)

Matthew Moses

The Original Gaither Farmhouse

(2)

Lauren Brozovich

The Pistachio Dress

(2)

Montana Storm

(1)

Erica Ehrenberg

After Rumi

(1)

Nadja Blagojevic

Amy

(1)

William Lopez

Two-Dollar Bills

(2)

Matthew Moses

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

(2)

Michael Mirer

Big Bang

(1)

Ben Lerner

There Is Water Here That Burns

(1)

David Konieczkowski

Ma Melts Things, Has an Orgasm

(1)

Mike Livshits

Prometheus at Coney Island

(2)

Quentin Rowan

High Way

(1)

Olivia Ophelia Harman

So Natural

(1)

Erin Hoover

As the Child Prodigy Grows Up

(2)

Gemma Cooper-Novack

Brambles

(1)

William Lopez

The Way She Burned

(4)

Sarah Nooter

Tell Them It's a Potato

Rain

103

(1)

Julie Scharper

Aeneas Leaving His Dido

104

(3)

Sarah Nooter

Seven Veils

107

(2)

Sara A. Newland

Regal Concubine

109

(1)

Annie Lee

4.5.199-235 [Exeunt Ophelia and Gertrude]

110

(2)

Rebecca Schonberg

Queen of Hearts

112

(1)

Renada Rutmanis

Letter from the Artist

113

(1)

Rebecca Givens

Picasso's Painting

114

(1)

Picasso Was a Fly

115

(1)

Eric Wubbels

The Voice of Robert Desnos

116

(2)

Kurt Wubbels

(French) Public Transit

118

(1)

Mishima on a Plate

119

(4)

Joey Roth

In My Grandmother's House

123

(1)

Ben Lerner

Nowhere

124

(5)

Marianna Green

In My Uncle's Kitchen

129

(1)

Phoebe Prioleau

Mother's Ritual

130

(1)

The Duel

131

(1)

Amy Kenna

Regard to My Parents' Weakness

132

(1)

Katie Nichol

Nine Months Before September 4, 1977

133

(1)

Julia Schaffer

What Protects

134

(1)

Samara Adsit Holtz

To My Father

135

(1)

Talia Neffson

Sage

136

(2)

Rina Noolaban

Why I Didn' t Visit the Doctor's Office

138

(1)

Monsoon

139

(2)

Rebecca Ciralsky

In the Basement

141

(1)

Rachel Schwartz

Rental

142

(1)

Jaime Halla

Country

143

(2)

Christopher Lew

North Wind Testament

145

(1)

Ian Demsky

Phone Booth, 10 p.m.

146

(1)

Karen Emmerich

Aftermath

147

(1)

Caitlin Doyle

Is Burning

148

(2)

Mike Livshits

Finding the Body

150

(1)

Sara A. Newland

Dreaming Grandfather's Funeral

151

(1)

Renascence

152

(1)

Marvin

153

(2)

David Konieczkowski

Dear Tony

155

(1)

Erica Magrey

AIDS

156

(1)

Ian Demsky

Jewels

157

(4)

Lucy Cutolo

The Shalimar Diner

161

(4)

Alexis Goldberg

Welcome

165

(1)

Susan Currie

Fourteen

166

(1)

Nora Lawrence

Summer at Brooke's

167

(1)

Erin Walsh

Were There Children?

168

(1)

Ian Kain Amato

Morning Thoughts

169

(1)

Momentary Mastication

170

(1)

Alexis Goldberg

The Winter of My Life

171

(1)

Nafeesah Allen

Virgin Rhapsody: Pearls

172

(5)

Inside the City

177

(2)

Amy Kenna

Passage

179

(1)

Alison Stine

Stranger

180

(1)

Revelation

181

(1)

Bruce Morris

Lemons

182

(1)

Mia Alvar

Headlights

183

(1)

Nora Lawrence

One More Page in Insincerity

184

(1)

Lauren Argintar

Finding the Sky

185

(3)

Vanessa Kogan

Four Pieces of Transition

188

(2)

Jesse Dalbacka

When the Woman Is Contemporary, and the Kitchen Belongs to Someone Else

190

(1)

Perfect Pitch

191

(1)

Jeffrey Chiu

Tory Sitting on a Couch in a Coffee Shop on the Corner of Ninth Street and Avenue A

192

(2)

Alexis Goldberg

Poised

194

(1)

Emily Parker

Dead Moths

195

(2)

Jessica Bulman

Bright Snow Cold

197

(1)

Mark Tanno

Chestnut

198

(2)

Jenny Jones

Millstone

200

(1)

Core

201

(1)

Caroline Hagood

Petal

202

(1)

Lindsay Washick

I Had to Stop

203

(2)

Alexis Goldberg

Witch

205

(7)

Beth Herskovits

Jake

212

(1)

Emily Carmichael

Assembling Bodies

213

(1)

Amara Dante Verone

Boxing the Female

214

(2)

Natasha Le Bel

Foot Fire Burn Dance

216

(3)

Figure It Out

219

(1)

Drew Tarlow

Sex

220

(1)

Rebecca Alston Milkman

The Glimmerer

221

(1)

Julia Kate Jarcho

Heat

222

(1)

Deborah Stein

A Hustler Leaves at Dawn

223

(1)

Philip Clark

Rain

224

(1)

Drew Krewer

Porn

225

(6)

Gemma Cooper-Novack

Crush

231

(1)

Bob Meyer

Sunday Night

232

(1)

Lindsay Washick

There Is a Girl in the Cafeteria

233

(1)

Dan Gruenberg

Kite

234

(1)

Shannon Hughes

Fingerprints

235

(1)

Alexis Kielb

Cold

236

(1)

Caroline Hagood

NC17

237

(1)

Sharon Zetter

The Octopus

238

(1)

Rebecca Ciralsky

For Dan

239

(1)

Jennifer Bonhomme

After She Was a Girl

240

(1)

Amara Dante Verona

Summer Crush

241

(1)

Sasha Haines-Stiles

Circuitry

242

(1)

Samara Adsit Holtz

Our Mercurial Bodies Make Their Own Grief

243

(2)

Rib

245

(1)

Sasha Haines-Stiles

The Spoon

246

(1)

Julia Cohen

Marrow

247

(1)

Zoe Konovalov

Leave-Taking

248

(1)

Karen Emmerich

Letter to a Ghetto Boy Three Thousand Miles Away

249

(1)

Annie Lee

Confessions from Gilcrease

250

(1)

Elizabeth Bear

Three Notes on a Kitchen Table

251

(1)

Jeffrey Chiu

Serendipity, I Thought

252

(1)

Ryan Hagan

Picayunes

253

(1)

Michael Casper

Youthful Gods Flirting

254

(2)

Grace Lorentz

The First Time

256

(1)

Erica Magrey

Unearned Chance

257

(1)

Deborah Stein

Laundry Day

258

(2)

Elizabeth Hazen

Expert

260

(1)

Nadja Blagojevic

Wrist

261

(1)

Annie Lee

Ginger Ale

262

(1)

Jaime Halla

Driving Miss Daisy: PG13

263

(1)

Julia Schaffer

The Zipper

264

(1)

Drew Krewer

Notes on Contributors

265

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Shooting the Rat : Stories and Poems by Outstanding High School Writers

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