Sources

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Collections:

Poetry Foundation - tremendous collection of most poets with exemplar works

Poetry Roulette - search poems by mood or hashtag

Selected Shorts - Spellbinding short stories by established and emerging writers

East of the Web - Short Story collections by genre

Slam Poetry for Classroom - annotated collection of poems

Five Carat Soul - a collection by James McBride of first person narrative tales by teens

Athletic Shorts - a collection of sports short stories about teens by Chris Crutcher

Specific:

Butler, Robert Olen - ridiculous short story of jealous husband trapped in the body of a parrot

Closser, Myla Jo - Short Story from dogs point of view, dog dialogues

Gatwood, Olivia - New American Best Friend, and an except here

Gay, Roxanne - searing memoir about weight and trauma

Gerwitch, Annabelle - entertaining stories of dysfunctional family

Haddish, Tifany - The Last Black Unicorn, edgy collection of essay by a comedian

Jones, Parneshia - poems about the angst of teenage girl life

Lawson, Jenny - Let's Pretend this Never Happened, humorous stories of growing up in Texas

McBride, James - Five Carat Soul, a collection of first person narrative tales by teens

Moran, Caitlin - snarky, edgy feminist rants about life as a woman

Nason, Bernadette - Tea in Tripoli, a memoir of a young English girl living dangerously

Noah, Trevor - memoir Born a Crime about growing up biracial in South African apartheid

O'Brien, Tim - young Vietnam era soldier, first person narrative

Rich, Simon - Humorous stories about relationships from unique perspectives

Rodgers, Joni - Poignant humor in the face of fighting cancer.

Sedaris, David - humorous commentary on life, and another excerpt here

Woodson, Jacqueline - Brown Girl Dreaming, story in verse