Collected works from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Spring 2021 Introduction to Creative Writing Class, compiled, and featuring an introduction, by professor Dianne Pearce. Includes poetry, memoir, fiction, illustration, photography, and more. Works included in this volume are as by Dianne PearceThe Sampson of His Time by Brittany HallWhere I Am From by Dominic RheubottomLove by Zamira KornegayPointlessness by Bruce BennettThere’s Nothing New Under the Sun by Morgan RushtonDistraction to Attention by Lucas ThorpeWhere I’m From by Danah HaymanAmbitious by Amir WhyeeInfamous PG County by Mehki ArmstrongLottery Life by Tyshera WilbonOde to a Blank Page by Bruce BennettEnslaved by Waynette Clark HarmonThe Beginning of the End by Dakota WardSunset at UMES by Zamira KornegayI Am From by Amir WhyeeThe Way of Avoidance by Dakota WardWhere I’m From by Zamira KornegayHere Comes a Friend by Cita ChristianWhere I Am From by Morgan RustonMonday Morning by TeAndra EvansLove by Brittany HallWhere Are You From? By Bruce BennettDay in DC by Zamira KornegayWhere I’m From by Wynter JacksonThe Beautiful Pimple by Danah HamanGift of Flight by Dakota WardLove and the Unloved by Alexis PayneThe Sleepover by Zamira KornegayThe Loved and the Unloved by Mehki ArmstrongWhere I’m From by Cita ChristianBlack Bubble Bath Girl by Waynette Clark HarmonEmpyrea by Tyshera WilbonWhere I’m From by Lucas ThorpeThe Hate of the Lost Boy by Wynter JacksonThe Loved and the Unloved by Bruce BennettA Visitor by Dakota WardTake a Risk by Cita ChristianThe Suitcases by Danah HaymanDele-Where? by Brittany HallThe Year of the Teacher by Lucas ThorpeGreat Falls by Zamira KornegayTo Soar Along by Dakota WardLove by TeAndra Evans