Archive for category: Gossip

“We can run” by Atisha Paulson, NYC

topic: GOSSIP medium: TEXT The next morning when I wake up, Mario is outside my room smoking. He starts telling me all about this girl who spent the night. He didn’t really want her, but he was feeling especially lonely. When Kia,the girl, asked him, “Do you want me to […]

“No Intention of Ever Sleeping with Me” by Atisha Paulson, NYC

“No Intention of Ever Sleeping with Me” by Atisha Paulson, NYC

topic: GOSSIP medium: PHOTOGRAPHY + TEXT Jamie told me on the second night of our vacation that she had no intention of ever sleeping with me. She said she hoped I wouldn’t hate her. I felt crushed and rejected but somehow relieved at the same time. I always suspected this […]

“Gossip” by Mary Kathryn Burke, NYC

topic: GOSSIP medium: TEXT I pray to whatever God exists that for one tenth. Of one second. Of my future. I will feel…about my future husband… the way I felt about Alex Giovanni. For all of freshman year. For all of sophomore year. For all of – I was convinced […]

“Looking for a Reason to Get Up” by Dabbs Andersen

“Looking for a Reason to Get Up” by Dabbs Andersen

topic: GOSSIP medium: TEXT   I was sitting in the hot chair of a personnel meeting with my sorority officers defending my good name from being run through the mud by some fellow jealous sisters who had claimed they saw me flash the jazz band and inappropriately kiss my cousin […]

Welcome to GOSSIP Week!

Welcome to GOSSIP Week! Tabloids, Perez Hilton, intense acronym-filled text-versations at midnight; the only thing more  exciting than hearing something that most people don’t know (yet), is when that tidbit is about someone else. And the only thing better than that, is telling it to someone else. I am not […]

“Gossip” by Nick Schonberger, NYC

“Gossip” by Nick Schonberger, NYC

topic: GOSSIP medium: TEXT Back in 7th grade, I was walking down the hall one day and heard a younger girl say, “HE IS SO UGLY.” A great blow to the spirit, especially for a young guy on the precipice of puberty. Several weeks later, I’m sick and a day […]

“Gossip” by Carmen James, NYC

“Gossip” by Carmen James, NYC

topic: GOSSIP medium: TEXT Its fair at times to find the most innocuous person to tell a secret—right? Secrets of mistakes of others burn until shared. The incredibility that she could have said that or he could have done that, and how it could possibly be true is like staring […]