Catapult Alumni
And In a Sense We’re all Winning- We’re Alive, or, Superbowl LIII
The last and only time I had paid attention to the Superbowl, or cared, was in 2017, when the Atlanta Falcons were playing the New England Patriots. Quickly, things shifted from looking like a surefire underdog triumph to a last minute victory for the MAGA-hat-wearing quarterback from the pastiest city in America. I was dating […]
Lost Among the Consonants
I’m writing our initials in black sharpie on the tunnel wall. There’s already people who have come before me, hundreds of pairs of Qs and As and hearts in the middle, through a small hole in the brick I can hear the French accents, spinning through, a reminder that I am not where I belong, […]
People Don’t Realize This, But Loneliness – It’s Underrated.
Finding comfort in a forbidden feeling.
Diane
I turned my head towards the noise and saw two figures in the dark. They were standing behind the gate a few meters away from me. I heard them speaking in an odd mix of Spanish, Italian, and English but I couldn’t make out what they were saying. Maybe they were speaking too fast. I […]
Creator in the 21st Century
Thoughts on a career in which you have to be on social media to “succeed” and curating your social media to actually get some good out of something with so many negative impacts
2018 Catapult Writing Program Alumni Accomplishments
We asked our students for their writing news from 2018 and are so impressed by all they’ve accomplished, from magazine publications to book deals to residencies and more.