Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xiii
Foreword Magdalena Gómez xv
Introduction María Luisa Arroyo xxiii
Institutions
Why Schools Don't Work essay Narelle Thomas 3
In Praise of the Media poem Eilish Thompson 9
Temps poem Marian Tombri 11
American Gulfs: Knowing and Not Knowing poem Nina Lydia Olff 13
Object Lesson/The Geometry of Rage poem Rick Kearns 18
From a Battered Women's Shelter poem Jennifer Anne Fasulo 19
Even Diana Ross Has Backups narrative Janice Levy 24
Pregúntale a las luciérnagas narrative Eilianie M. Alvelo 29
Translated María Luisa Arroyo 30
El tiempo de las muñecas poem Emmy Cepeda 31
Translated María Luisa Arroyo 32
Miedo al ayer poem Carolyn Durán 33
Translated María Luisa Arroyo 35
Will You Know Me In Heaven? narrative Robin Coolbeth 37
Too Beautiful For Words poem Sandra María Esteves 38
What Burns poem Janet E. Aalfs 45
Worn Out poem Janet E. Aalfs 46
Storm Clouds poem Janet E. Aalfs 48
The State of Gristle a bully performance poem Ruth Margraff 49
Lunch Time Bullying poem LaDonna J. Olanyk 61
I Was Not a Bully, Truly narrative Lisa Aronson Fontes 62
The Biggest Bully narrative Susan Cleveland 64
Bad Little Soldier song Arjuna Greist 65
Playing Chicken poem Ameer Kim El-Mallawany 67
I Tease Your Momma 'Cause She's Fat and on Welfare poem Li Yun Alvarado 68
Late, Again poem Sara Littlecrow-Russell 71
The Mountain Chorus: A One-Act Farce (1982) one-act play Albert Bermel 72
Mission Unaccomplished poem Eilish Thompson 90
For My Student Who Was Dangled Over the Second Floor Railing by the Young Republicans poem Sara Littlecrow-Russell 92
For the Victims of the Machine poem Eilish Thompson 93
Schools
Education Plans for the School Year poem Eilish Thompson 97
Quinto grado, mi peor pesadilla! Narrative Carlos David Palacio 99
Translated María Luisa Arroyo 100
Fatimata poem Ameer Kim El-Mallawany 101
First Love narrative Tess Pfeifer 102
He Loves Me, Loves Me Not short story Linda Keiderling 104
School story Gabriel Fontes 108
Little Brother testimonial Michael Amato 109
Dirge for Eliezer poem John Kuebler 113
A Two-Minute Play Two-minute play Diane Lefer 114
Alias, "La Nata" narrative Suni Paz 116
Bulliez performance monologue Angela Kariotis 119
Girls poem Puma Perl 125
Snap story Yolanda Maria-Rose Scavron 127
A Story about Bullying testimonial Ronald Coolbeth 128
Identity
"Normal Girl Drama" performance poem Eilish Thompson 131
Solitude bilingual poem Mirtha Quiroz 135
To My Two Little Nephews narrative Eilianie M. Alvelo 137
To Tell You the Truth poem Jha'nai Richardson 138
Trans Plantations play Janis Astor del Valle 139
Making Homophobia Visible poem Diego Angarita-Horowitz 171
Confessions of a Gay Basher monologue Yolanda Maria-Rose Scavron 177
Yes, HOMO! Poem Diego Angarita-Horowitz 178
Memory story Cathy J. Schlund-Vials 180
Brown Enough poem Alvaro Saar Rios 182
That Boy poem Mary E. Delabruere 184
Addiction poem Vanessa Otero 185
I couldn't for a teenaged bully's death poem José B. Gonzalez 187
I Wanted To Be Wonder Woman poem Lori Desrosiers 188
The Welcome Mat prose poem Judith Ortiz-Cofer 190
I Live in My Memories poem Priscilla LaBoy 191
Natural Beauty poem Narelle Thomas 192
On Cyber Faux Power: An Essay with an Attitude essay Eilish Thompson 194
Regret poem Edwin Rodríguez 196
Resolution
Walking this Path lyrics Sam Plotkin 199
The Power of Direct Action essay Iris Morales 201
In Living Memory choreo-poem Teatro Vida Youth Ensemble 204
Liberation poem Narelle Thomas 208
Vecinas poem Emmy Cepeda 209
Translated María Luisa Arroyo 210
How Being Bullied Led to My Empowerment narrative Shel Horowitz 212
Choices testimonial Susan Hucul 213
Soaring Upward poem Narelle Thomas 214
Don't Stop Living lyrics Sam Plotkin 216
My Son Was Bullied testimonial Evan Plotkin 218
Power: A Struggle poem Narelle Thomas 219
So That the Children Will Be Saved poem Judge William H. Abrashkin 221
In Search of the Real Man / Real Woman essay Nenah Sylver 222
You Will Not Bully Me Anymore poem Keila Matos 233
En el día de liberación poem Emmy Cepeda 234
Translated María Luisa Arroyo 235
Mi intimo ser y mi ser poem Eilianie M. Alvelo 236
Translated María Luisa Arroyo 237
One Mother's Response to Sirdeaner's Call poem María Luisa Arroyo 238
Make It Through lyrics Sam Plotkin 241
A Bully Pesticide poem Eilish Thompson 243
Contributors' Notes 245
Sources 259
