{"id":11503,"date":"2025-12-03T22:21:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/?page_id=11503"},"modified":"2025-12-04T00:26:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T00:26:39","slug":"fall-2025-capstones-projects-in-creative-writing-and-literature-from-the-departments-seniors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/home-2\/the-words-november-2025\/fall-2025-capstones-projects-in-creative-writing-and-literature-from-the-departments-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2025 Capstones: Projects in Creative Writing and Literature from the Department’s Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Daniel Graham ’26 and Rabi Michael-Crushshon ’26<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Another semester in the English & Creative Writing Department means another round of capstones showing off the wonderful work of our majors! This semester’s capstone class featured a creative writing section and a literature section presented on Tuesday, December 2 and Wednesday, December 3, with presenters from each class interspersed with one another. Projects ranged from novels to poetry collections to critical analyses. Read on to find out about what our spectacular scholars have been up to this semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Night 1:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Emma Nesmith<\/strong>,\u00a0The Token, the Nag, and the Drudge: Conditions of Maternity in Jane Austen<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Daniel Graham,<\/strong> Martin Tawney\u2019s Guide to the Middle of Nowhere<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gavia Boyden<\/strong>,\u00a0The Things on the Floor Are Nothing Like Love<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Celia D\u2019Agostino,<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019ve Made a Huge Mistake: Disability Drag in Comedy Through the Ages<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cam Wright,<\/strong>\u00a0When Dreamers Wake<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Mischa Gillam, <\/strong>Blood! Vampires, Disease, Limit Experience<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dalia Al-Sagr<\/strong>, Flower Child<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Natalie Mazey,<\/strong> The Miracle in Maybe: A Young Adult Novel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Molly Friedrichs,<\/strong> Life Under the Bell Jar: Reader Response Theory and Women\u2019s Record-Keeping<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jizelle Villegas<\/strong>, Seething: A Short Story Collection<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fiona Candland<\/strong>, After the morning light is gone and dusk feels so far away<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma Murray,<\/strong> Mouth, Sex, and Hungry Heart: Anatomy of the Feminist Fairy Tale Retelling<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrew Dong<\/strong>, The Life and Times of Freddy Frog<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jamila Sigal V\u00e1squez<\/strong>,\u00a0Where Do We Go From Here?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thank you to all of our wonderful seniors! We can’t wait to see what you do next!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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