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The S.A.B., the P.A.B., and the Fetal Pig
Fourteen year old Coya has spent her whole life trying not to emulate her activist parents, but finds this almost impossible when biology class collides with an unexpected sex scandal.
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Half-Polish, Half-Italian, All-Black
Little Jimmy is a half-Italian, half-Polish kid. When his parents divorce, he watches his family dynamic change when his mom gets remarried to an African-American man. Sometimes funny, sometimes complicated, the hard parts of growing up are easier to talk …
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Little Rebel
Life is hard for five-year-old Lizzie Duszynski. Growing up and attending Catholic school in an Irish neighborhood, what’s a young Polish girl to do?
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The Impersonator
A biracial man who is often told that he looks like certain celebrities goes to a Brooklyn bar, where he has an encounter with a guy whose strange profession makes him really good at The “You Look Like” Game.
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My Boyfriend
As a troubled high school student, it takes a string of unlikely events before JH finally gets together with one very persistent boy. Years later, she recognizes his nameless description in a short story on NPR, forcing her to explore …
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Listen
When you meet the one you love, you want to share everything with that person. But when CP’s new girlfriend Jess wants to share in their spirituality, the question looms large for them: can two people from different spiritual backgrounds …
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A Ginger Poet Adonis
The story of a young man’s first total friendship—beginning, middle, and untimely end. Few can say they’ve met folks like Jimmy Gauntt, and fewer still will ever be able to do so.
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Skeezix
Broke and uprooted, Aimee moves to a small town in northern Wisconsin to work for her family’s restaurant and take in the local color. Everything seems to be a cliche until a town meeting calls into question the identity of …
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The Perfect Ex
Jess and CP are getting married! But when CP wants to invite an ex-girlfriend to the wedding, it forces the two of them to confront some deep-seated fears: the fear that their current relationship is just a reflection of past …
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Through The Cracks
A young woman struggles with the blurry line between educator and parent during her first year of teaching. Whitney meets Jorge, a shy Puerto Rican student from Chicago’s west side who desperately wants to go to college, but nearly gives …
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