New Lit Generation

Welcome to the online version of SPD's "New Lit Guide"! Here you can read more about the aim of the New Lit Generation program, sample some of the work the project has already "generated," find proven ideas for use in classrooms, or get in touch with us directly. Check back often to find more original works by students & teachers, writing excercises, stories, & more!

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Enter the Conversation: Essays and Commentary

Teach It! Creative Writing Exercises

SPD Stories: Real Life at SPD

"A Simple Sentence" by Neil Alger
"Share That Existence" by Jennifer Dearinger

Fresh New Lit: Poetry and Fiction

"A Life Story" By Anthony Puckett
"Ode to my Skateboard Wheel" By Taylor Winsted
"Drown Out" By Taylor Carrarini
"I'm Tired" By Takeyah Wyche
"Tragic Love" By Stacia Long
"The Next President of the United States" By Sean Love
"Outcry of Oppression" By Sarosh H. Jafri
"Dedication Poem" By Phillip Iloviceanu
"Perpective" By Octavio Alex Espinosa
"12 Haiku: Water" By Noah Rapinan
"My Dear Lemon" By Nigel Bermudez
"Tree's Company" By Nick Jordon
"Metal Heat: An Ode to Soldering Iron" By Lorenzo Vasquez
"Shout out to Mom" By Kelsey Fernandez
"Little Brother" By Kayla Tate
"Is Change the Only Constant?" By Jonathan Custodio
"My Best Guy Friend" By Gabriela Salinas
"Hope and forgiveness" By Erik Hidalgo
"Mr. Whale" By Daneil Galvez
"Question Poem" By Brittney Beard
"Ignorance of Asians" By Hong Le
"East Bay Tragedy" By Anthony Boyd
"Useless!" By Aldrin U. Vitug
"Kenya" By Arman Lester
"Dear Unknown" By Erica Hammonds
untitled By Steven Williams
untitled By Josh Kleinberg
"That Thing I Should Mention By Daniel Bailey
"My Grandmother Thinks I Will Become an Alcoholic and So Do I" By Gena Mohwish
"We Can Go to Sweden Okay I Think It Will Feel Calm and Like Being under Water or Something" By Colin Bassett
"Things We Don't Talk About" By Jeremey Miller
"Autumn" By Matt Lambeth
"Oakley's Gone off the Bridge" By J.A. Tyler
"My Fantasy / Three Truths and One Lie" By Nate Logan
"And This Post Contains a Poem I Wrote for Someone Special and Wanted to Share" By Jereme Dean
"If I Won the Pulitzer Prize I Think I Am Going to Eat a Giant Steak with A1 Sauce" By Tao Lin
"Corn" By Michael Galviano
"A Small Mistake" By Royce Wood
"The Irony of Shredding the Paper Shredder Manual in the Paper Shredder" By Lucas Rivera
untitled By Ryan LaFerney
untitled By Ryan Manning
untitled By Maria Anderson
"The Original Addiction" By Samantha Kearns
"Tech" By Drew Kalbach
"I'm Broke as Hell and Hell on Earth Broke My Inner Spirit" By Michael Jahng
"The Bench" By Glen Binger
"I Saw a Divorced Man Cry" By Teresa D. Ritter
"FOR & AS CECIL TAYLOR " By Tommy Jacobi
untitled Paul Siegell
"RED " By Izaiah "Izzy" McEwen
"The Fourth of July " By Chloe Searcy
"Dad's Office" By Andrew Gussman
"The Crisping Sleeve" By Erin Shirey
"With Me" By anonymous
"Beards" By Paul Legault
"Kobe Beef Fried In Dr.Pepper Sauce" By Alex Burford
"Look" By Elaine Siegell
untitled By Matthew Stokeley
"All We Always Do" By Daniel H. Lee
"Unregretful Love Poem" By Jess Rowan
"When We Discovered and Were Discovered" By Jazz Sexton
"Rue du Bac" By Jaimie Johansson
"Religion Having Been Misplaced, We Grasp for Alternatives" By Johanna Armstrong
"This is My Poem" By Mike Zeccardi
"My Mother Wasn't a Crackhead: a Haiku " By Albert Sandoval
untitled By Shen-yi Liao
"Perennials" By Brittany Gusho
"THANK YOU, for M." By Robert Alter

 

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New Lit Gen Made Possible By

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New Arrivals

The Last Selchie Child
Jane Yolen

Kino
Jurgen Fauth

For Out of the Heart Proceed
Jensen Beach

Though I Haven't Been to Baghdad
Margaret Rozga

This Beautiful Place
Tankred Dorst

The Books to Come
Alan Loney