September 2011
Keeping Up and Staying Positive
From a meeting in the Graduate Student Office.
To start off this post, I thought I’d directly quote from a text conversation I had earl..
The Power of Movement
So, I must admit as I began to contemplate what I wanted my inaugural Grad Ambassador blog post to encompass, much anxiety was induced. T..
Columbia College Poetry Dispatch: Transplant Identity
I live in one of the world’s great cities.
It’s strange for me to write that, to type it, and even stranger to think about it while..
Out Loud: Readings in Chicago
Before I moved to Chicago, I thought of literary readings as tame, mannered affairs that involved an hour or so of self-serious mumbli..
Book & Paper: Starting the Year Off Right!
Last night the new show Wood Type, Evolved: Experimental Letterpress & Relief Printing in the 21st Century opened at the Center for Bo..
Getting Back in The Grad School Zone
In order for me to get into my grad school zone, I have to create a to do list.
Wicker Park Outing & Workshop
We have first-years. We have a real, live program. This is exciting news. The Creative Writing – Nonfiction MFA program is in its seco..
Elementary Education: Give My Love To Rose
Another Side of Chicago
I went out to Austin last week (the West-side neighborhood, that is–not the Texas city) to do a feature story for Austin Talks about the ..
Flip Flops in the Windy City: Music Composition for the Screen
Welcome!
This is the official blog series for the Music Composition for the Screen MFA program at Columbia College Chicago!
I am your..