Meet Catelyn Errington

Catelyn Errington is the Southern Region Associate Student Representative. She attends Northwestern State University of Louisiana, where she is pursuing her Bachelor’s in Liberal Arts and a Master’s in English Literature. She is a beginner poet, with her work published in Moss Puppy Magazine and Black Moon Magazine, and hopes to one day earn her MFA in Poetry. Until then, she will keep sitting in indie coffee shops with a blank Google Doc on her laptop screen. Outside of academics, Catelyn enjoys adding to her vinyl collection and missing her Pug Zu back home, Melody.

1. I chose to become an English Major because I’ve always had a love for both reading and writing. I love exploring ideas in texts I’ve read and developing new ideas in my own writing.
2. My favorite part of being an English Major is engaging with the art of literature through multiple perspectives.
3. The last book I read was The Crossed-Out Notebook by Nicolás Giacobone.
4. My favorite book is One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez.
5. A book character I identify with is Lara Jean Song from To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han.
6. The last book I bought was Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley, but I have not yet read it.
7. My favorite book to movie adaptation is Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
8. I’m more of a writer than a reader.
9. My favorite style of writing is contemporary poetry.
10. My go-to children’s book is A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein.
11. My favorite childhood memory is spending the day sewing, birdwatching, and baking with my godmother.
12. Growing up, I was sure I would be just like Nancy Drew.

    

13. My first job was at Smoothie King.
14. My dream job is teaching Creative Writing to college students.
15. I like to spend my free time doing crafts, like cross-stitch and sewing!
16. The destination at the top of my travel bucket list is Rome.
17. The literary place I’d most like to visit is Flannery O’Connor’s farm, Andalusia.
18. If I could move anywhere in the world, I’d live in Memphis, Tennessee.
    
19. If I was stranded on a desert island, the three things I would bring with me are my CD collection, my CD player, and a notebook.
    
20. The one song I could listen to on repeat is “Winter” by Yabadum.
21. The best gift I ever received was a bell kit.
    
22. The best gift I’ve ever given is a miniature 3D-printed bust of Plato.
    
23. If you find me in the kitchen, I’m typically whipping up my mom’s chicken and sausage gumbo.
24. If I could try any food from a book or series, it would be Harriet’s tomato sandwich from Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh.
25. The author (dead or alive) I’d most like to spend a day with is Franny Choi.