Betsy Perez wants to go away to college. She overcomes obstacles and does. We admired this piece in part because it portrays character so effectively and efficiently. It's also a neat example of showing, in few words, a sympathetic character encountering a complication and resolving it. We particularly like the ending scene, its intimacy and sense of both closure and new beginning.
Read “A Painful Course to College,” by Erika Hayasaki
Read “A Painful Course to College,” by Erika Hayasaki
