McKenna Graf Writes

MCKENNA GRAF is an undergraduate student double majoring in English (Writing Concentration) and Film & Media Studies with a minor in Documentary Storymaking at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. She is incredibly involved in the arts community on campus and works tirelessly to support her fellow student artists. While she is a New Jersey native, she has felt blessed to be welcomed into the Lehigh Valley Poetry scene during her time there.
Graf has attended the Great Books Online Fiction Workshop and Kenyon Young Writers Workshop. Her work has been featured in notably: Bernards Township Library’s “Suzanne Cutler Teen Creative Writing Contest” of 2019 & 2020, The Marquis Lit Mag, Stick Figure Poetry, and Poetry as Promised.
Graf is the author of writing over the word limit (2023) and Mortals, Myths, and Maybes (2024) and The Depths (2025). These titles are part of a four book collection that highlights her writing and growth as a writer through all 4 years of college. She has several short films centered around community and family on her Vimeo and is interested in the intersection between film and poetry. You can follow along with her journey on Instagram @mckennagrafwrites or on her website www.mckennagraf.com
Coming June 2025
The Depths
A year of new experience after new experience, this archival poetry takes you to the depths of the poets strength and soul. Dive into the unknown with this poet and face it head on. Grab desire and despair and make it a weapon, or at the very least a friend. Precise, gritty, and ethereal these poems are exploring striking new layers.
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Check out all the materials below to get a sneak peek into the penultimate book in the Archive of Adolescence collection!
Portfolios