I Am

By Sharon Shelton / November 1, 1997

Magazine cover with background of notebook paper and visual of man working on metal wheel. Text reads "New Writing from the Working-Class South"

This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 25 No. 3/4, "New Writing from the Working-Class South." Find more from that issue here.

I’m proud

I’m middle class

I’m in school

I’m getting my G.E.D.

I don’t do drugs

I’m not a bad person

I get food stamps

I have two children

I live in the projects

 

 

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