A group of young soldiers in Liberia (2003)
Words by Yang-Yi Goh | Photographs by Jan Sibik
The boy pulls the pin from the grenade. Silence fills the air. He studies the frozen, terrified expressions of the four European reporters who stand no more than 20 feet before him.
Please, please, don’t do it, don’t do it, they [...]

This piece was originally written in September 2009 for a Travel Writing class.
Mark and Rachel Price are visiting Prague from Birmingham, England. They are standing in front of the famous Nationale-Nederlanden building – known colloquially as the Dancing House – gazing up at its parabolic glass exterior.
“I quite like it, yeah,” Rachel says. “It gives the [...]

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. – Colette

People say a lot of things about mistakes – everybody makes them; you learn from them; they’re human. Nothing they can tell you, however, will take away the initial sting of regret that siphons through your body when you realize you’ve erred in some way.
My [...]