Creative Writing – Nonfiction | Marginalia

It’s the middle of the second week of the semester. A full, working draft of my thesis is due tomorrow. This is it, folks. This is wha..

Last week was the first week of school, and it just didn’t feel as hectic as it usually does. That’s most likely due to the fact that ..

This week marked the coldest few days in Chicago this winter. Folks, it was 1 degree—no need for plural. That’s really frosty. I bro..

This past few weeks have been about catching up with my cohort. I hadn’t been to a poetry reading in months, and this past weekend I a..

It’s so much easier to answer, “I teach,” when someone asks what I do for a living than to say I’m a writer, but at the core of everyt..

After the craziest flight ever, my trip back home to San Diego ended up being wonderful. I relaxed in the warm 60 degree weather, had ..

Random Family just arrived today in the mail, just in time for Winter Break and for my four-and-a-half-hour flight home to San Diego.
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I just took a look at my planner, sifted through syllabi, and realized: THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH TIME. The end of the semester is here, a..

NonfictioNow 2012 Conference
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This week, Nonfiction MFA candidate Toni Nealie guest blogs ..

It’s that time of year again. I keep seeing reminders for submitting my Student Evaluations for the classes that I am taking. With eve..