Creative Writing – Poetry | Marginalia

A few posts ago, I mentioned a mini-poetry-tour, and a few folks requested a blog post about it.

So here it goes:

The Dollhouse Reading Series recently moved from its Northcenter location to Lincoln Square (just blocks from my house). It was packed..

I thought it might be helpful to put together a list of things I’ve learned as I’ve become more comfortable with submitting my work to..

Ian Mackaye, frontman of hardcore punk band Minor Threat, in the Crowd @Edward Colver 1982

A couple years back, I wanted to write a sc..

It’s here. The first day of school has happened, and most of you are well into your classes. What day is it out there? Right now, I’m ..

As you may know, I spent my summer in Seattle with family and friends. So when August came rolling up, my wife and I unloaded our stor..

This is the first blog post I’m making for Marginalia. I’m excited about this role in Columbia College Chicago’s community and hope, o..

As I write these words, I’m actually in New York, not Chicago. I’m out visiting some friends from my undergraduate university (Michiga..

What is the one piece of advice you would give to a young person entering college? For me, the answer comes quickly: the most emotiona..

You’ll notice that none of the reading material I have included above is poetry. Borges, I suppose, is closest; his short stories are ..