Creative Writing – Poetry | Marginalia

I’d like to believe that there is no such thing as “writer’s block.” I could write for days about topics that I care about. Would they all..

Full disclosure: before this semester, the only type of workshops that I have ever encountered—whether it was in undergrad, my week at VON..

Part of the required curriculum here at Columbia College Chicago is to take two literature seminar courses: a pre-20th century literature ..

I am not the type of person that usually creates a clichéd list of “New Year, New Me” goals—I have tried that before and it has not worked..

November has been an exhausting month—it’s the final stretch after the midway point of the semester, where you are forced to focus on imme..

My workshop journal that is full of invaluable notes and information

The horror stories are out there. For people of color, and anyone..

Tuesday, September 3, 2018: commence heavy breathing and heart-race.

First, let’s backtrack a bit. Leading up to my first day of g..

Dear Poetry,

It’s been a long road. We’ve only been close for five years now, but I’ve known you for what feels like my whole life, and..

Last Thursday, at 11 p.m., my finger hovered over the touch pad of my laptop. The cursor was poised ominously over a send button. I stared..