826 Quarterly Volume 18

This edition of the 826 Quarterly contains fiction, non-fiction, and poetry written by authors ages 6-18. The pieces are selected from all of 826 Valencia's free programs for students, as well as at-large submissions. Pieces are chosen in a traditional literary journal style by an editorial board comprised of students and volunteer tutors. Like all writing coming out of 826 Valencia, this is by kids for kids, in a language that doesn't talk up or down to the readers, but straight across. Some of the pieces are straightforward, some unusually experimental. The writing is advanced and the themes explore issues that kids are actually interested in and that adults are sure to enjoy as well. This issue features a foreword by Thao Nguyen, the front woman of Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, and cover art by Gene Luen Yang of American Born Chinese and Boxers & Saints.