Creative Writing | Marginalia

I feel completely blessed to have been able to have dinner with Vievee Francis and Jericho Brown. You are not granted many opportuniti..

Amidst the chaos of preparing for the end of the semester comes the all-too-brief but definitely welcome break for Thanksgiving. This year..

The choice to get a PhD used to be pretty black and white — now, it’s a much more complicated decision.

The worst part about pursuing..

The view from the 8th floor of 1104 S. Wabash Ave. is enough to trigger vertigo, but once you get past that, the view of the city — of t..

Lichtenstein depicts a woman crying happy tears— he takes inspiration from comics and other mediums.

I try not to look at Twitter duri..

I wrapped the first segment of my triptych On the Way Out less than a month ago. The way out of a memorable MFA journey.

I am writing P..

I remember the title of Jenny Boully’s oeuvre The Book of Beginnings and Endings. I was her student for a few classes during my MFA at C..

Abandoned Pool in Lebanon

I’ve been away for a while now. It’s been more than a month, but I’m back. I went to Lebanon: my native coun..

The MFA program in Creative Writing has recently welcomed a new Director of Graduate Studies: Lisa Fishman. Lisa has claimed her posit..

Hello, I’m Karl, I just arrived here. I was wondering if you would be interested in hearing out a little story. I just want to clarify a q..