Justin Grogan | Marginalia

Garfield Park Conservatory

It is my last semester at Columbia College Chicago and I’m suddenly faced with the rearing head of the mons..

The last day with my students

I remember watching the poetry cohort before me hit the last semester of their MFA Poetry lives, and I h..

Nicole Wilson lives east of Cleveland in Chardon, Ohio. She currently balances a multitude of workloads: assisting with private events..

Outside the Learning Studio!

A perk to being a grad student at Columbia College Chicago is the exposure to different campus jobs. Ther..

So, it’s week 6 of the semester and the crazy community of editors and board members, whom work for the Columbia Poetry Review are fin..

Buried in work I love: Thesis, Text Books, and Work Uniform. PS: I love gnomes!

Saying there is a secret to balancing multiple workloa..

I’m riding the CTA Brown Line into the heart of the Loop (what is known as downtown). It is day one of the apocalypse. I mean it is da..

It’s August, and I can’t believe a year has flown by since I first moved to Chicago. I am reminded of all the preparation, apartment h..