Monument 14 Cover:Paperback on a street in Florence

on a street in Florence

but soon she’ll have to say goodbye

to recognize it

After Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American student to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2021

inspired by Baltimore

Monument 14 Cover:Paperback on a street in FlorenceYour mother hollers that you're going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down the street. You don't stop and hug her and tell her you love her. You don't thank her for being a good, kind, patient mother. Of course notyou launch yourself down the stairs and make a run for the corner. Only, if it's the last time you'll ever see your mother, you sort of start to wish you'd stopped and did those things. Maybe even missed the bus. But the bus was