100-WORD MEMOIR

Earth Shakin’, Smokin’ Hot Trouble Baby

Toya Qualls-Barnette
The Memoirist

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We were wild seeds scattered across campus — hiding behind the bungalows created for the first influx of ninth graders after the 6.6 Sylmar earthquake that destroyed our junior high or middle school in Los Angeles.

Senior year in high school. One week before graduation — busted by the boy’s VP smoking flowers because we were smart girls. Our…

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Toya Qualls-Barnette
The Memoirist

*Top writer in This Happened To Me| Writing about the impact of relationships|Contributor to Chicken Soup for the Soul| Dreamer|Mother|HSP in drag