CREATIVE WRITING
Self-Expression
Everyone at The Group School (TGS) — students and staff alike — were encouraged to share their writing, not only in class but also in creative writing magazines and yearbooks that were eagerly anticipated. For many students, this was the first time that something they had written would be published and read by other students, teachers, parents, and community members. Reading other writers, responding to prompts and to one another’s efforts, students discovered a love of expressing themselves via the written word.
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The Group Family Album
Stealing cars, the emptiness of life, the decision to stop getting in trouble and to start getting educated, the joy of flying a kite are among the many poems and personal essays from the first TGS Creative Writing Class.
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The Group Scoop
Students and faculty worked together to produce this combination of newsy items about goings on at the school and more personal poems and essays.
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The Language In You: Review
An unfair arrest, being kicked out of a prior school, anger at a boyfriend, a song about freedom are among the stories, poems, and essays in this volume drawn from TGS writing classes.
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Literary Magazine
A comparative look at Cambridge through the eyes of Harvard students and TGS students, an interview with a probation officer, poems about everything from living in the projects to flowers blooming in spring, and more, can be found in these pages.
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Our Tree Is Growing
Encounters with the police, a beloved grandfather’s death, a letter to President Nixon, and a girl who defies sex roles to become a carpenter are among the gems in this volume from a TGS writing class.