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Please congratulate the winner and finalists of the 2025 Jean Corrie Poetry Contest!
Urvi Thakker | Winner: Love Letter to Bandra (and leisure) | Lafayette College ’26 | English (Writing Concentration) Major | Art Minor
Love Letter to Bandra and leisure
Lonan Jennings | Finalist: American History // The Land We Are | Lafayette College ’27 | English (Literature Concentration) & Classical Civilization Studies Double Major | German Minor
American History __ The Land We Are
Clare Socolow | Finalist: if I had more time I would have hit you harder | Lafayette College ’27 | Biology Major | Writing Minor
if I had more time I would have hit you harder
The English Department is proud to announce the winner and finalists of the 2025 H. MacKnight Black Poetry Contest!
Benry James | Winner: dear wormwood, | Lafayette College ‘25 | English (Writing Concentration) & Geology Double Major | Theater Minor
Fathima Yumna Hussain | Finalist: Beneath the Veil | Lafayette College ’25 | Mathematics-Economics Major | Data Science Minor
James Boateng | Finalist: Gather Them and Sell | Lafayette College ’25 | Computer Science Major | Mathematics Minor
Gather Them and Sell – James Boateng
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