Tess McLafferty is an intern at Literary Traveler. She is currently studying Sociology at NYU with minors in Creative Writing and Art History. As a strong proponent of learning about the world through travel, Tess has studied abroad in Prague and will continue to do so for two more semesters in London and Sydney. Her passions include baking, photography, hiking with her golden retriever, and poetry, the latter of which she has published in undergraduate journals such as Baedeker Travel Magazine, The Gallatin Review, and The Weasel, as well as her personal substack.
Grace Morris is in her senior year at Bridgewater State University. She is majoring in English with a creative writing concentration and is a double minor in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies as well as LGBTQ+ studies. She has begun BSU’s 4+1 graduate program in English and plans to pursue a career in copyediting after graduate school. She enjoys writing fiction and poetry in school as well as in her free time. Two of her poems have been published in volumes 21 and 22 of BSU’s student-run journal The Bridge. When she’s not writing or reading, Grace is an avid enjoyer of nature, video games, and spending time with her spoiled dogs.
Grace Rizzuto is a senior at Bridgewater State University, where she is majoring in English Literature and minoring in Classical Studies. She enjoys writing poetry, fiction, and literary analysis. She recently returned from a semester in Sorrento, Italy, and has been studying Italian as a second language while working towards achieving a Global Languages and Cultures Certificate.