A Tough Wolf with No Name: The Circuit Winter 2016 Issue

Welcome to 826michigan’s newest publication, The Circuit. Each workshop season, we publish outstanding pieces of student writing through this electronic quarterly. It’s hard to remember how icy things were just a couple of months (weeks, even!) ago, but inside our writing lab, ideas and imaginations were a combustion engine of bright heat all winter long. We generated great writing about important memories (moments that changed what we thought we knew!); about new robotic characters duos that we created on paper (and on dominos!); and about new myths that we built—just like a cozy fireplace fire—using the pieces of the hero’s journey for fuel. Join us, dear reader, for the best reminder of winter, a collection of writing to conquer the cold, a hero’s journey into spring.


New to 826michigan programs? Check out our schedule of free creative writing workshops for students ages 6–18 here on our website. All workshops are free and open to the public, although some require pre-registration. Our website offers more information about all of our programs for young people in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Detroit—we look forward to seeing you at workshop soon. In the meantime, let the current of this issue of The Circuit bring warmth back to your toes, fingers, and hearts.


This issue, we'd like to give special thanks to our Winter 2016 Workshops Intern Team, Hannah and Jacki, two of the original bot buddies. Without their care, attention to detail, humor, and dedication, we’d be lost in the perils of the wintery mix. Thank you so very much for keeping the engine running full blast all semester long!