Ahoy, book lovers! 🏴☠️ 📚 The third installment of our Book of the Month series is proud to present: The 826 Valencia Quarterly, volume 33. This anthology is a gem-filled treasure chest of poetry, personal essays, letters, odes, and stories from students across all our programs. Within these pages, they chart courses through family, friendship, identity, memory, culture, cats, burritos, basketball dreams, and everything in between. Some titles we love:
🌍 Why I Want to Get to Africa
🧋 My Boba Family
🌅 Summertime Nostalgia
🐈 My Friend Who Is a Cat Named Dog
🏀 Before Becoming an NBA Legend
🫧 Museum of Smells
🍕 Arizmendi’s Amazing Pizza
→ → → Get your copy here.
🖌️ Book cover illustration by Michael Wertz
🎨 Design by Lucy Gosline-Ratliff and Tony Manalo
📸 Photo by Janel Kajisa