mcsway
poetry collective
Abe Berglas
Co-President
Abe Berglas is in their second year of an English and Statistics double major, meaning they can always be found writing essays or integrals. There is no in-between.
Maeve Reilly
Co-President
Maeve Reilly is a student of McGill’s Cultural Studies and Sociology departments, as well as the walking trails of Mont Royal. The subjects she is overly-qualified to teach are, Beauty over Warmth? — Montrealers’ (re)structuring of winter priorities, List-making for the Nervous and Forgetful, and Society and the “Ship Edit:” a close reading of a modern medium.
Pratap Singh
VP Internal
The Mcsway Team
2022-2023
Lucía Linaje-Ferrel
VP Communications
Lucía Linaje-Ferrel is a U4 English major and Communications minor. She is always willing to talk about linguistics, animated fantasy shows, and the lyrical genius of RM's mixtape mono. She is a co-founder and editor-in-chief of Mcsway's online poetry journal, Snaps.
Lucy Kaskie
VP Finance
Lucy Kaskie is a second year studying Economics and East Asian Studies. When not practicing her Chinese, she can be found journaling or reading (predominately in English).
Sam Lapenna
Project Lead
Sam Lapenna (she/her) is a graduate student at McGill in Occupational Therapy, where she hopes to one day implement animals as therapy tools in a healthcare setting. She is also an animal biologist and an extrovert who surrounds herself with friends of all sizes and species. Her best friend, a maltese named Angel, is both her trusty companion and source of inspiration.
Project Leads
Mercy Lingle
Noa Padawer-Blatt
Nora Bartram-Forbes
Moumita Sarkar
Noor Bhaghani
Solmaz Salehi
Sormeh Motevalli & Raphaëlle Béhar
Co-VP Externals
Mcsway at the October Open Mic, 2022.
Photo by Ben Tannenbaum.