Marginalia

As a distraction from working on my final draft of my thesis paper, I look out the window at the snow-covered ground. The sky is still..

Given the Grammys are a little more than a month away, I thought it would be fitting to talk about the music that has continued to get me ..

In my last two blog posts, I talked about projects in the classroom as part of the MFA Composition for the Screen program, but there a..

My cute, but largely unhelpful FTA (Feline Teaching Assistant)

I’ve been accused countless times in my life of dreaming too big, havin..

Over the next three weeks, students all over the country will prepare for finals in the form of tests, projects, presentations, and perfor..

Going off to college can be exciting and fun and scary and stressful all at the same time, especially if you are like me and went out ..

The MFA program in Creative Writing has recently welcomed a new Director of Graduate Studies: Lisa Fishman. Lisa has claimed her posit..

My family (minus one!) last Thanksgiving

For three weeks in September, I found myself experiencing online learning for the first time…

Graffiti line that is all over the city of Pittsburgh.

Election season 2020. Where the real work begins—as a nation and as a second-ye..

Now that I’m over two-thirds of the way finished with my first semester of graduate school, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I’ve learn..