"I too am not tamed,
I too am untranslatable.
I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world."

- Walt Whitman

Sponsored by the Arizona State University Department of English, the Young Adult Writing Project (YAWP) is a summer writing program based on a creative journaling approach for students in grades 8-12. YAWP’s vision is that through sharing our personal stories, we learn the language that brings healing and peace into our communities and our selves. The students of YAWP 2009 will share their stories and poetry at a public reading. (read less)

"I too am not tamed,
I too am untranslatable.
I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world."

- Walt Whitman

Sponsored by the Arizona State University Department of English, the Young Adult Writing Project (YAWP) is a summer writing program based on a creative journaling approach for students in grades 8-12. YAWP’s vision is that through sharing our personal stories, we learn the language that brings healing and peace into our communities and our selves. The students of YAWP 2009 will... (read more)