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Jenny, Madeleine Adams
Jenny, Madeleine Adams
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Madeleine Adams is from Walker, Louisiana. She graduated from Louisiana Tech University on March 6th, 2020, with her Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in literature. She is currently pursuing her Master of Arts in English with concentration in post-1660s British literature. Madeleine is interested in modern retellings of myths/folklore and the effects of storytelling on literature. She is the current dual enrollment Graduate Assistant, and she tutors at the writing center. She likes to paint, read, sew, and write poetry when she gets the chance. She wants to go into publishing/editing books after graduating.
Welcome To Neverland, Lauren Washington
Welcome To Neverland, Lauren Washington
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Lauren Washington is a native to Ruston, Louisiana. She is studying English with a concentration in technical writing. She has always had a passion for reading and writing and hopes to one day work in the publishing industry.
To False Promises, And Failed Healing, Jackson Floyd
To False Promises, And Failed Healing, Jackson Floyd
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Jackson Floyd is a senior, majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing. He is from Bossier City.
Response To Donne's "Woman's Constancy", Kristyn Hardy
Response To Donne's "Woman's Constancy", Kristyn Hardy
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Kristyn Hardy is an English major at Louisiana Tech University with a concentration in creative writing. She was raised in a home surrounded by books, wit, and love, making the three somewhat synonymous to her. It has only been in the last couple years that she has considered dedicating her life to writing, but she loves it and cannot wait to see where it takes her.
Her, Alayna Juneau
Her, Alayna Juneau
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Alayna Juneau is a senior in interdisciplinary studies at Louisiana Tech University. She is passionate about telling stories through any medium. Her favorite things to do are pet cats, take naps, and play video games. She hopes to one day be a game developer, a writer, or a crazy cat lady.
Letter From The Editor, Kristyn Hardy
Letter From The Dean, Donald Kaczvinsky
The Quatrain - Volume 5
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The Quatrain is managed by students at Louisiana Tech University and advised by faculty from the College of Liberal Arts. The journal is housed in George T. Madison Hall, where undergraduates collect, assess, and edit submissions from student writers and artists.
The Quatrain is a print and electronic project for people who value quality undergraduate writing and art. Full-dress researched, academic essays and scholarly explorations; photography; life-writing; sculpture; cultural criticism; work that has a reflective, autobiographical style; and creative writing in all its forms: We simply seek to display samples of the interesting, original, and quality work being produced by …
From “Life”, Ana Balestrazzi
From “Life”, Ana Balestrazzi
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Ana Balestrazzi is originally from Venezuela. She is a freshman at Louisiana Tech University studying political science. She takes pictures as a hobby, and was inspired by her father, a photographer. Her father graduated from Louisiana Tech University with a major in geography and minor in photography. Her pictures were inspired by beautiful things she found as she travelled.
Listen, Kristyn Hardy
Listen, Kristyn Hardy
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Kristyn Hardy is a first year student at Louisiana Tech University studying English. Her goal is to one day become a published author. She is from a small town in Arkansas and was raised in a family that emphasizes creativity above all else. Kristyn hopes that her piece embodies this ideal.
Elvis Presley, Aubrey Smith
Elvis Presley, Aubrey Smith
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Aubrey Smith is currently an accounting major at Louisiana Tech University, and is also a member of the cheer team. She loves to create works of art in her spare time, and it is by far her favorite hobby. Painting is her happy place, and she is so glad she gets to share her artwork with others.
People, Jolee Rogers
People, Jolee Rogers
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Jolee Rogers was born in Marrero, Louisiana. She moved to Franklinton, Louisiana around second grade. She graduated from Franklinton High School and is currently studying graphic art at Louisiana Tech University. She grew up with a mother, a father, two siblings, and her grandmother. She normally keeps to herself and is only talkative when she feels that she is in a comfortable environment. When Jolee first started writing, she did it to release her stress and anxiety. She has been encouraged to continue to write for future novels and poetry books.
Downfall, Donovan Robbins
Downfall, Donovan Robbins
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Donovan Robbins is currently a junior attending Louisiana Tech University and majoring in computer information systems. Even though his major doesn’t directly deal with writing, he still has a strong interest in poetry. Donovan simply enjoys writing for fun and sharing his works with other people who can appreciate poetry.
The Hunt, Sadie Seilhan
The Hunt, Sadie Seilhan
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Sadie Seilhan is a freshman at Louisiana Tech University studying Spanish. She loves to write, and hopes to minor in English. She aspires to be a professional translator when she finishes school. Sadie loves language and art, nature and photography, and food and culture.
Lucid Dreaming, Stevie Iseral
Lucid Dreaming, Stevie Iseral
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Stevie Iseral is a junior majoring in interdisciplinary studies, with concentrations in photography, sociology, and marketing. She became interested in photography her freshman year of high school and started her own photography business the summer after her junior year. Stevie loves photography because it allows her to showcase the beauty of life through her lens.
Saint Allie, Hannah Lail
Saint Allie, Hannah Lail
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Hannah Lail attended the University of North Carolina in Asheville, where she worked with Wiley Cash, author of the Southern novel A Land More Kind Than Home, on her creative writing thesis. She graduated in 2017 with a BA in English and an intensive in creative writing, and is planning to graduate from Louisiana Tech University with an MA in Literature.
Man With The Yellow Hat, Addison Lindsay
Man With The Yellow Hat, Addison Lindsay
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Addison Lindsay is a first-year student at Louisiana Tech University majoring in psychology with a minor in sociology. She enjoys all things coffee, Enneagram, people, writing, music, podcasts, and unlikely friendships, as she likes to call them. Addison loves exploring the depths and color of life and stringing together beautiful words to embody the essence of something. She hopes it is said of her that she loves and welcomes people into any space well.
Combustion And Sparks, Sherpatrick Washington
Combustion And Sparks, Sherpatrick Washington
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Sherpatrick Washington is an architecture student at Louisiana Tech University. In elementary school, she began drawing cartoon characters such as Spongebob, Mickey Mouse, and Scooby- Doo. She experimented with still life, which also enhanced her analog drawing skills. She took art classes until she reached high school, when it would no longer fit into her schedule, then began experimenting with PicsArt and digital art.
Morgan, Morgan Mccullin
Morgan, Morgan Mccullin
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Morgan Jeanette McCullin is an MFA candidate in studio art at Louisiana Tech University where she earned her BFA in 2018. McCullin has interned as a portrait painter’s assistant and as a conservationist restoring paintings from a museum’s permanent collection. As an oil painter, McCullin’s personal work incorporates art history, politics, feminism, and humor to address life for young women in the American South.
The Goddess Of Air, Abby Semien
The Goddess Of Air, Abby Semien
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Abby Semien is a 22-year-old senior at Louisiana Tech University working on a BA in psychology. Her goal is to get an MA and become a clinical counselor. She has always wanted to help other people, although she struggles with dealing with her own emotions. Poetry is a fantastic outlet for Abby to communicate her messages and thoughts, clear her head, and create something beautiful.
Euphoria, Stevie Iseral
Euphoria, Stevie Iseral
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Stevie Iseral is a junior majoring in interdisciplinary studies, with concentrations in photography, sociology, and marketing. She became interested in photography her freshman year of high school and started her own photography business the summer after her junior year. Stevie loves photography because it allows her to showcase the beauty of life through her lens.
Man’S Laughter Or Manslaughter?, Darrien Hertzler
Man’S Laughter Or Manslaughter?, Darrien Hertzler
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Darrien Hertzler was born in Augusta, Maine as the first child of two military parents who are now divorced, so she has lived in several places. Most of her poetry is usually about her fiancée and the troubles they face in a long-distance relationship. She also writes about other events from her life in which she has experienced abuse, violence, addictions, and unacceptance. She tries her best not to sensor or sugarcoat her world because she feels that it makes it less realistic and less likely to speak to people.
Whale Spotted, Jody Johnson
Whale Spotted, Jody Johnson
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Jody Johnson is in her third year at Louisiana Tech University as a mechanical engineering student. In all the free time that she can manage to get, she creates drawings using either ink, pencil, or colored pencil. It has been a passion of Jody’s since she was about fourteen years old and she believes that art, science, and math closely coincide, as she has learned so much from studying the things that she tries to capture on paper.
Ordinal Linguistic Personification, Andrea Smith
Ordinal Linguistic Personification, Andrea Smith
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Andrea Smith is a junior at Louisiana Tech University. She enjoys pursuing fleeting moments of sadness, long walks on the beach, theme parks, and mojitos. Her favorite hobby is professionally petting dogs. One day, she would like to be a published author or a mob boss; she isn’t picky.
Chora, Wenona Jonker
Chora, Wenona Jonker
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Wenona Jonker is a student at Louisiana Tech University where she is studying English with a concentration in literature and a minor in plant science. She is not a poet nor does she have a particularly “green thumb,” but she loves both words and plants and would like to know them better.
Eye See You, Maddie Dearman
Eye See You, Maddie Dearman
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Maddie Dearman is a senior at Louisiana Tech University, double majoring in graphic design and studio art. The culmination of her work centers around love, and is a platform she uses to proclaim the mystery of the kingdom of God. As a new follower of Jesus, her work also serves as a personal testimony and is an open invitation for others to join her along the journey to discover divine wisdom, great wonders, and unimaginable mysteries, and to love God by loving others. To see Maddie’s entire portfolio and/or to read her blog, visit maddiedearman.com
From “Life”, Ana Balestrazzi
From “Life”, Ana Balestrazzi
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Ana Balestrazzi is originally from Venezuela. She is a freshman at Louisiana Tech University studying political science. She takes pictures as a hobby, and was inspired by her father, a photographer. Her father graduated from Louisiana Tech University with a major in geography and minor in photography. Her pictures were inspired by beautiful things she found as she travelled.
Eyes See Asterisms, Nick Hobbs
Eyes See Asterisms, Nick Hobbs
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Nick Hobbs currently works and resides in Ruston, Louisiana where he is pursuing his BFA at Louisiana Tech University. Nick makes art as a way of staying in touch with the ineffable. He was introduced to the quiet mystery of the universe through astronomy, a hobby he devoted most of his weekends to in high school, and tries his hardest to seek out that feeling where he can.