I was a hesitant, introverted sixth-grader when I met Olli. He had stumpy legs, a similar timid nature and hair the color of a marshmallow roasted to …

Alex Evans’ conversation with his childhood best friend Zak Koga was taking a familiar turn. “Dude, we aren’t doing that,” Alex recalls Zak saying ove…

Anthony Meyer moved to Franklin, Wisconsin, when he was 12 years old. He faced an expected sort of curiosity and fascination from his peers at Forest …

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When Damien was three months old, he, his mommy and his daddy lived in a little house on the east side of Madison. At the time, his mother, Nina, 22, …

Jas was taking a break from studying for her exam in feminist theory. She turned on her television guilty pleasure, “Shameless,” a show about a dysfun…