Justin Grogan | Marginalia

Bristol Renaissance Faire

When I first arrived in Chicago two years ago my good friend and cohort member Ethan Chambers told me I shou..

What I am up to! Okay, now seriously, the nine things to know or do!

I’ve recently been thinking about some of the things I wish I had..

It’s officially summer and the realization that I won’t be returning to classes in the fall is setting in. I am of course delighted an..

Nature Art

The first thing I will say about graduating from Columbia College Chicago is what overwhelming gratitude I have for the sch..

Ethan Chambers

For this week we enter the mind of my good friend and classmate, Ethan Chambers. He is a truly inspiring individual, an..

Poetry in the park

When asked what it is like to teach at Columbia College Chicago, I tell people I cannot imagine teaching anywhere e..

The Poetry of Zen

The discovery of poetics and its continued exploration has been an amazing part of my experience here at Columbia Co..

“Every journey begins with a single step”

It is difficult to imagine that over two years ago I was sitting on my front porch in Akron,..

Shenzhen, China. My future home and job.

I was recently speaking with my thesis advisor, Michael Robins, when he mentioned that it is ..

& by coffee talk, I mean where are you going to write those ground breaking poems?

After working as a manager for over a year in a ..