Student Anthologies
Community Voices from Writers in Communities
Most WIC workshops result in the publication of an anthology of student work, which is presented and distributed to participants in a final public reading of their work. Limited copies of WIC anthologies are also available for purchase at the Gemini Ink office.
| Cruzando Fronteras, $10 each
Poetry and photography by migrant youth in a Texas immigrant detention center. Summer 2010. Writer in Residence: Ben Olguín Photographer in Residence: Fadela Castro |
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| Nothing has Bended to Me, $10 each
A collection of poetry by students from the East Central Independent School District Mise en Place drop-out recovery pilot program. Click here to view the entire anthology. Spring 2010. Writer in Residence: Abe Louise Young |
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| Not Less than Everything, $10 each
Writings by residents of the Safe Haven Homeless Shelter in San Antonio, TX. Click here to view the entire anthology. Spring 2010. |
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| Rocket to the Moon and Other Children’s Stories, $10 each
Writings by residents from W.I.N.G.S. for Life (Women in Need of Greater Strength) in Marion, Texas a residential facility for at-risk teen mothers. Click here to view the entire anthology. Spring 2010. Writer in Residence: Natalia Treviño Artwork: Regina Moya |
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| We Must Not Go Alone, $10 each
Writings by students from the East Central Independent School District Mise en Place Drop-Out Recovery Pilot Program. Spring 2010. Click here to view the entire anthology. Writers in Residence: Regina Moya and Derek Delgado Visiting Writers: Abe Louise Young and Cary Clack Artist in Residence: Carolina G. Flores |
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| My Neighborhood/Mi Barrio, $10 each
A collection of writings by fifth- and sixth- grade students from the San Antonio Independent School District, from fall 2009 poetry and mural workshops. Full-color reproductions of each mural are included in this anthology. Fall 2009. Click here to view the entire anthology. Writers in Residence: Donna Peacock, Lyle Rosdahl, Rachel Jennings, and Regina Moya Artwork: Fadela Castro, Michael Marks, and Robert Poschmann |
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| Push and Pull, $10 each
A collection of poetry by residents of the Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center in San Antonio in partnership with Gemini Ink. Fall 2009. Click here to view the entire anthology. |
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| In My Mind Was Planted a Seed, $10 each
Writings by teens from the 386th Post Adjudication Drug Court. Judge Laura Parker and Bexar County Juvenile Probation in partnership with Gemini Ink. Summer 2009 Writer in Residence: Victoria Zapata-Klein This is a small collection of writings and photography produced in the workshop. Click here to view the entire anthology. |
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| Life Letters, $10 each
A collection of intergenerational writing by seniors and high school students from San Antonio. Spring 2009. Writers-in-Residence: Mark Babino, Robert Flynn, Donna Ingham, Carlos Ponce, Michele Stanush, Vincent Toro For ten weeks in the Spring of 2009, senior citizens and high school students worked with professional writers on a Life Letters Project. Each student had stories to tell in a series of letters written to friends, family, and community. This is a small collection of writings produced in the workshop, and a glimpse into the lives of San Antonians. Click here to read an excerpt and view a slideshow. |
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| I, Too, Sing America, $10 each
Poetry by sixth-grade students from the San Antonio Independent School District. Fall 2008. Writers-in-Residence: Grisel Acosta, Xelena González, Laurie Guerrero, Vincent Toro In a district-wide collaboration, students from SAISD studied the poetry of Langston Hughes and produced their own literary and visual responses to the question, “What does it mean to be American?” gathered here in this full-color anthology. Click here to read an excerpt.
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| Can You See What I See & Other Tales of the Imagination, $10 each
Children’s stories by residents of the Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center. Fall 2008. Writer-in-Residence: Xelena González This latest collection from the Storybook Project brings you colorful and imaginative stories about talking basketballs, dancing chile peppers, and ladybugs that give very good advice — for kids of all ages! |
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| Redemption Songs, $10 each
Poetry from residents of the Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile correctional Treatment Center. Summer 2008. Writers-in-Residence: Grisel Acosta, Ignacio Magaloni, Xelena González A collaboration with the Krier Center has produced a powerful anthology that showcases poetry written by incarcerated youth that is honest, original, and insightful. |
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| Words in Bloom, $10 each
Writings from seniors at the Ella Austin Community Center. Spring 2008. Writer in Residence: Carlos Ponce Senior citizens at the Ella Austin Community Center worked with a professional writer to set down their |
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| Like a Phoenix, $10 each
Poetry from residents of the Battered Women and Children’s Shelter, Spring 2008 Writer-in-Residence: Natalia Treviño Mothers and daughters residing at the Shelter participated together in a series of WIC workshops, resulting in this anthology which celebrates the beauty and resilience of the human spirit. |
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| Behind the Clean Blue Sky, $10 each
Writings from the GoGirlGo! program, Summer 2008 Writer-in-Residence: Carrie Fountain A culmination of WIC’s collaboration with the Family Service Association’s GoGirlGo! program, this anthology showcases odes, elegies, and memory poems written by local teenage girls. |
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| The Color of Hope, $10 each
Children’s stories by residents of the Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center, Fall 2007 Writer-in-Residence: Xelena González This collection of children’s stories from our acclaimed Storybook Project contains twenty charming stories written by incarcerated youth, giving them the opportunity to make a creative contribution to their community.
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| Storytime! Tantalizing Tales of Bugs, Birds, Bears, and Other Curious Creatures, $10 each
Writer-in-Residence: John McManus Children’s stories by residents of the Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center. In this collection of stories, tiny fairies turn bullies into babies, ants play basketball, and lost boys sleep in the cave of a friendly bear, but most importantly, the young writer’s stories illustrate important lessons to be learned in life. Fall 2006. |
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| In This Space, $10 each
Poetry by Residents of the Cyndi Krier Taylor Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center, Summer 2006 Writer-in-Residence: Trinidad Sanchez, Jr. Often troubled, always enlightening, In This Space features the voices of incarcerated youth. Writing under the guidance of the late Trinidad Sanchez, Jr., this group of young poets explored issues of race, relationships, and shattered dreams. Their culminating anthology illuminates the often daunting experiences of this talented group of young writers. |
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| Her Eyes Were Truth, $10 each
Writing from the Battered Women & Children’s Shelter of Bexar County, 2006 Writer-in-Residence: Kirk Walsh Facing the demons of trauma, women and children of the Shelter give voice to their experiences in this revealing and hope-filled anthology. |
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| I Am a Fish in the Sky, $10 each
Creative writing by middle school students of the North East Independent School District, Fall 2005 Writers-in-Residence: Kristi Beall, Cyra Dumitru, Dave Rutschman, With an innocence that permeates through their writing, these young students provide us with truths only childhood can bear witness to. Whether humorous or tragic, their insights are always stirring. |
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| Bee Stings & Broken Wings, $10 each
Children’s stories by residents of the Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center, Fall 2005 Writer-in-Residence: Dave Rutschman The young residents of the Krier Center have created an imaginative collection of short stories reflective of their own experiences. Stories feature a color-changing frog name Flage, dancing dolphins, Wally the fly, and many more colorful characters, all accompanied with endearing illustrations by Mark Lopez. |
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| Kid’s Kaleidoscope, $10 each
Children’s stories by residents of the Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center, Fall 2004 Writer-in-Residence: Dave Rutschman Terrible Timmy, a monkey with no tail, and an elephant with no trunk, are just a few of the whimsical characters in the storybook written by residents of the Cyndi Krier Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center. Filled with humor and heartfelt appeals, Kid’s Kaleidoscope features a range of voices telling stories from the heart of experience.
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