Creative Writing – Poetry | Marginalia

Good question, right? And the consideration is nothing new. During a time when our current cultural ecosystem is characterized by dras..

“A what?”

“A poet.”

As if having my entire extended family think I just walk around in a beret and snapping my fingers isn’t har..

“I touch it, and it goes bzzzzzzarre.”

This is how Kwame Dawes kicked off Creative Nonfiction Week last week at CCC, and it couldn’t ha..

Printmaking is fun
Photo credit: Missy Cargo
Nov 22, 2010

Last month an artist friend that I studied with in Italy was visiting Chicago,..

Hello there. My name is Daniel Scott Parker, and this is my first blog post as the new MFA Poetry ambassador. I hope that you guys wil..

So here it is! My final hurrah!

It’s been a fun year, and I’m really glad that my final year as an MFA student at Columbia College ..

Me and the fam have settled into Wicker Park. We love the new neighborhood and feel at home. The job is moving along and I’ve got the ..

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of looking for places to live, working, hanging out with friends, submitting, and writing, am..

Yes! I officially hold an MFA in Poetry from Columbia College Chicago. We did it! We graduated and we’re still alive and everything is..