The Words: November 2024
Georgia Cloepfil ’14 Scores on Soccer and Literary Fields with The Striker and the Clock
by Callisto Martinez ’26
After ten years filled with travelling overseas to play on professional soccer teams, jotting down notes in her spare time, attending an MFA program at the University of Idaho, and coaching soccer at Whitman College, Georgia Cloepfil ’14 returned to Macalester to give a book talk on the culmination of her athletic and intellectual pursuits: The Striker and the Clock (2024). Read more about Cloepfil’s insights here!
English Majors Abroad: Daniel Graham
by Ahlaam Abdulwali ’25
This semester, you may have noticed a missing presence in the English department work room. Daniel Graham ‘26, an English major and beloved student worker, is currently studying abroad in Copenhagen. Daniel graciously took time out of his day to answer some of our questions here!
My Summer 2024 Internship with Moonstone Arts Center
by Sarah Tachau ’27
Last winter I sat slumped over my computer and a hot mocha in one of my regular hometown cafes, back aching from an hour of revising poetry submissions. Halfway through break, I was hoisting the minimal motivation left in me to exercise the English-y part of my brain. While perusing Submittable, an anthology call for submissions from Moonstone Arts Center caught my eye. To my surprise, this small press was based not so far from me, in downtown Philadelphia. I took the chance to submit and reach out to the founder and current head of the house, Larry Robin, regarding summer internship openings. Read about my internship with Moonstone here!
Rooted in Words: An Interview with Professor Elkins about her Poetree
by Peyton Williamson ’27
Fresh from a new move over the summer, Professor Amy Elkins, inspired by all kinds of community engagement activities, decided to start posting poems on a hackberry tree in front of her house. What started as a fun undertaking quickly became a lovely way of assimilating into her neighborhood and spreading the poems’ impact into more unexpected places. The Words had a chance to interview her and learn a little bit about what inspired the project and how it has grown since it began. Click here to read more about the poetree!
Beja’s Journey of Overcoming Her Dysophoria Through Theater
by Beja Puškášová ’26
This semester, I decided to audition for the Fall theater production. One of the reasons I was so excited to audition for this production was that it was going to be devised. That means that instead of following a rigid script, the production team (actors, director, and even designers) would collaborate, improvise, brainstorm and reflect to create their own original piece of theater. Read more about this journey here!
English-y Internships: Button Poetry (with Andrew Dong and Molly Friedrichs)
by Birdie Keller ’25
One of the most exciting things about being in the Twin Cities is the wonderful literary community in the area, and the amount of opportunities there are to get involved in a variety of ways. Andrew Dong ’26 and Molly Friedrichs ’26 both recently interned with Button Poetry, and have graciously taken the time to answer some questions about the experience! Read Molly and Andrew’s answers here.
Craft Corner with Veronica Kruschel ‘25
by Jizelle Villegas ’26
For this month’s Craft Corner, The Words sat down with Veronica Kruschel (she/her) to talk about her creative side in cooking and baking and how creating things in the kitchen is connected to creating things on paper as a Creative Writing and Psychology double major. Read more here!
Student/Faculty Accolades
by Jizelle Villegas ’26
Read the monthly roundup of student/faculty accolades here.