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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 […]

“Sinking” by Maida Sheikh, Lahore

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT PenTales Pick of the Day- By: Tiffany Colon Often times being in a relationship, falling in love, can feel like drowning.  This is an analogy that has probably been used often amongst us.  What Sinking does is take that analogy and make it haunting […]

“Frozen Time Melted by Desert Sun” by Meira Bienstock, Indiana

“Frozen Time Melted by Desert Sun” by Meira Bienstock, Indiana

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT   It was one of those moments where every detail in your past suddenly made sense and you realized that it was all just one big addiction of never letting go of the people who once came into your life and loved you then […]

“It Hurts to Be Numb” by Maham, Lahore

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event themed “Love and Heartbreak” PenTales Pick of the Day By: Tiffany J Colón “It hurts to be numb” is a piece that speaks to many people at some point or another in their lives.  It is about […]

“Sonnet of Devotion not Emo-tion” by Jannelle McCoy

“Sonnet of Devotion not Emo-tion” by Jannelle McCoy

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT   I am not scared of death old age is what I fear, that one day I will no longer yearn for the strokes of your hands through my hair or be able to meet your deep gaze with mine for hours at a […]

“THANK YOU” by Thomas Moffet, NYC

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT PenTales Pick of the Day By: Tiffany J Colón This piece is a letter to a woman named Inga who somehow managed to make a very lasting impression on the narrator after just one night.  Their conversation seemed therapeutic enough to throw him into […]

“Love at First Site” by Andrew Campbell-Kearsey, Brighton

“Love at First Site” by Andrew Campbell-Kearsey, Brighton

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT It was an insane idea. The sum total of their correspondence had been a flurry of emails over the past nine days. Each missive growing in intensity and intimacy. Sean had kept his fledgling relationship secret, connecting with Angie through their mutual love of […]