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[Writing:] She Said She Was “ISIS”
Today I stole a black permanent marker from work in your name. ‘Cause I decided I want to write it on every bathroom stall and window pane. Yeah, go ahead, babe and say it, ‘cause I’m crazy for you,...
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[Writing:] His Sunset Hue
The bible told me, there is no such thing as an eternal truth. And I thought about the weather. Because we always think that winter will last forever, and we always pray that summer will stay, but we...
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[Writing:] Lost
https://soundcloud.com/lindsay-catherine/lost I want you. To come home to me 6 o’clock on a Wednesday and watch the sun fall down behind the river and I want you. To crawl in bed next to me and...
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[Design:] Introducing Q&S Spring 13!
So lately I know I’ve been slow on the posting, but I’ve been up to a lot of good things to end this year. One of those being the publication of Quill and Scroll’s Spring semester magazine, which I...
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[Other:] GiveForward
While applying for an internship with GiveForward they asked me to write about a fundraiser they have hosted that I found had an impact on me. Upon searching through a pile of incredible stories of...
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[Writing:] En-Gage
It is 89.4 miles from 324 North Dubuque to 2522 something-or-other Cedar Falls, Iowa. Near two hours of sleepy time driving, of pass the cord around iPod playing, of chitter chatter and “I can’t hear...
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[Writing:] From Under the Streetlights
There is a 30% chance of rain and the grass smells fresh-cut-wet and the air tastes like windy-spring. The ground is covered in sunbaked-skylight dust. And the warmth reminds me of winter nights in...
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[Spoken Word:] To My King
I have sat down on porches at night And listened to a woman cry And seen her tears fall gently down her cheek Because, quite frankly, people are shitty. And not in a casual way Nor a, “but we’ll...
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[Feature Story:] From Behind the Inkstain
Local tattoo artists talk about the art of tattooing, their passion in art, and their lives behind them. By L.C. GRAF IOWA CITY, IOWA— It’s the consistent buzzing of a gun that shoots ink instead of...
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[Writing:] “They Only Want 1 Thing”
I sleep on my side on the basement couches of friends twice removed. And I am still tired. I didn’t wake up until 1pm this afternoon because I was up all night coughing up every itch on the back of...
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[Spoken word:] The Prayer
She shakes her body she Got her eyes closed rockin She prays her hardest Got her fingers tight and knockin’ Askin Lord forgive me I need to be forgotten “Like the breeze of the wind I got a need...
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[Writing:] About Me
I’m a prostitute Called at because of my drinks I am a prostitute Still in the classroom with a white dress draped to my knees I’m a prostitute, a hoodrat, poor girl The tastes of peanut butter and...
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[Writing:] The Sea is Calling
I once read somewhere that God could only be found in the silence And someone told me that When their mother would hold them They could hear it in her whisper And so I tried to be quiet So that I could...
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[Writing:] Dallas, Texas
She told me she was safety. That in her scarred hands she could hold me near her breast and birth me. She told me she was home. She had a voice that I hid from, under the sheets, crying muffled into...
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[Writing:] Her Yellow Dotted Pathway
Published in the Aberrant Parade Literary Review, 2011 Edition There was a woman on the highway, surrounded by a pasty white backdrop, and sunset colors, she bounced from edge to edge along the messy...
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Additional Information and Published Pieces
Awards and Recognitions: Additional The Daily Iowan 2013-15 Hate Breeds Hate Words Of Our Fathers It’s Okay, Valentine’s Day is Over Why We Still Need to Change Obamacare An Open Letter to Jordan...
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Creative Writing
Because of Desdemona 2014 Nonfiction ten page piece on the relationship between my father and I. Briseis 2014 A poem looking at the untold voice of Briseis in the Illiad. Carl Sagan 2013 A spoken word...
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Playwrighting
Book of Kings Ten minute play, with influence from The Yellow Wallpaper, over abortion Whole City Against Me Ten minute play, focusing on voices and religion during the assassination of Malcolm X.
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Creative Essays 2014-15
Text Messages A mixed media nonfiction letter. A continued development of “The Boy Collection” written in 2012. Focuses on the aftermath of a relationship through text messages and conversation.
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