Marginalia, Graduate Blog

What Inspires

by Jenn Tatum

WARNING: This blog post is a bit sappy. Hey, y’all, I’m graduating, so I can be a little sappy.

What Inspires

WARNING: This blog post is a bit sappy. Hey, y’all, I’m graduating, so I can be a little sappy.

Creative Writing - Nonfiction MFA Jenn Tatum, jtatumcotamagana@colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

For Joseph Cornell

by Monica Brown

Dream (for Joseph Cornell)  I. These magical boxes create universes, crack imagination. What dreams live, grow, transgress, manifest? What memories are evoked within the whispering annals of ocean white fluff? Of …

For Joseph Cornell

Dream (for Joseph Cornell)  I. These magical boxes create universes, crack imagination. What dreams live, grow, transgress, manifest? What memories are evoked within the whispering annals of ocean white fluff? Of …

Interdisciplinary Arts MA Monica Brown, monica.brown@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

OK. Let’s Talk About AWP

by Josh Young

AWP is one of the things you need to do in grad school: You get a student rate, you will be affiliated with a college and, most likely, a journal, …

OK. Let’s Talk About AWP

AWP is one of the things you need to do in grad school: You get a student rate, you will be affiliated with a college and, most likely, a journal, …

Creative Writing - Poetry MFA Josh Young, joyoung@colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Films for Filmmakers: La Jetee

by Bubba Murray

By using a series of images together with voice-over narration and musical score, this time traveling story challenges how we perceive memory and time travel.

Films for Filmmakers: La Jetee

By using a series of images together with voice-over narration and musical score, this time traveling story challenges how we perceive memory and time travel.

Film & Video - Cinema Directing MFA Bubba Murray, james.murray2@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

The MoCP + Writing and Rhetoric II

by Jenn Tatum

During my time teaching as a Graduate Student Instructor and with the Bridge program, I’ve had the chance to incorporate a small portion of the Museum of Contemporary Photography‘s (MoCP) …

The MoCP + Writing and Rhetoric II

During my time teaching as a Graduate Student Instructor and with the Bridge program, I’ve had the chance to incorporate a small portion of the Museum of Contemporary Photography‘s (MoCP) …

Creative Writing - Nonfiction MFA Jenn Tatum, jtatumcotamagana@colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

A City Campus

by Bubba Murray

Normally, you’re told to go check out a show, go to a concert, and visit a museum AFTER the semester is done, right? That’s if you don’t go to Columbia …

A City Campus

Normally, you’re told to go check out a show, go to a concert, and visit a museum AFTER the semester is done, right? That’s if you don’t go to Columbia …

Film & Video - Cinema Directing MFA Bubba Murray, james.murray2@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Hello from Your Newest Journalism Ambassador

by Katie Kather

As many of you probably noticed, Stephanie graduated in December. And boy did she leave a legacy! I personally looked up to her and enjoyed her blog posts right up …

Hello from Your Newest Journalism Ambassador

As many of you probably noticed, Stephanie graduated in December. And boy did she leave a legacy! I personally looked up to her and enjoyed her blog posts right up …

Journalism MA Katie Kather, kathryn.kather@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Happy New (Thesis) Year!

by Jenn Tatum

After the craziest flight ever, my trip back home to San Diego ended up being wonderful. I relaxed in the warm 60 degree weather, had a home-cooked meal every day, …

Happy New (Thesis) Year!

After the craziest flight ever, my trip back home to San Diego ended up being wonderful. I relaxed in the warm 60 degree weather, had a home-cooked meal every day, …

Creative Writing - Nonfiction MFA Jenn Tatum, jtatumcotamagana@colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Happy Holidaze

by Bubba Murray

Holiday madness drives us to be more than we usually are. It drives us to excellence. And for artists, that can be wonderful, or frightening, or wonderfully frightening.

Happy Holidaze

Holiday madness drives us to be more than we usually are. It drives us to excellence. And for artists, that can be wonderful, or frightening, or wonderfully frightening.

Film & Video - Cinema Directing MFA Bubba Murray, james.murray2@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Getting Unstuck

by Bubba Murray

“…I must be the only one out there that’s stuck! I suck!” Sound familiar? So how do you power through the self-pity of feeling stuck? Read on!

Getting Unstuck

“…I must be the only one out there that’s stuck! I suck!” Sound familiar? So how do you power through the self-pity of feeling stuck? Read on!

Film & Video - Cinema Directing MFA Bubba Murray, james.murray2@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

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