August rolls along, the summer heat intensifies, and the debates surrounding the upcoming election heat up. SMITH writers use heat to describe body heat, the outdoor climate, and ways to cook without too much effort. Heat is a powerful force, evoking memories and setting things “on fire.” Yet the Heat (both the weather and the [...]

Ah, summer. You have beaches and bikinis; I have Brooklyn and bookshops. And last weekend, I had the best of both–Greenlight Bookstore, a new indie in Fort Greene, invited us to share six-word memoirs with the community at a neighborhood street festival. More heartwarming pictures of the littlest storytellers below and after the “more”:

Summer has a smell, feel, and taste which are all too delicious for an eight-year-old to savor in silence. Ms. Buttiglieri and Ms. Wenning’s third-grade class at Bradford Elementary in Montclair, NJ was bursting at the seams, half-crazed—they needed an outlet that didn’t involve screaming. Paige Kennedy-Piehl stepped in a la Mary Poppins style and [...]