Creative Writing | Marginalia

A little over five hours and right at three-hundred miles away form Chicago is St. Louis, Missouri. My extended family lives there, and I ..

I finally bought new shoes. Converse. This used to the only shoe I ever wore, but after moving to Chicago, I realized I needed somethi..

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

My friends joke with me and say that I travel more than anyone they know, which is especially strange for a graduate student. We aren’..

Teaching is an important part of graduate school. I know there are some people who don’t want to teach, and that’s cool, but for those..

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..

For me it happened near the end of undergrad, when I told my professor I wanted to teach writing. He urged me to get my MA. He said, “..

“How many people usually get admitted to the program?”

This is one of the most frequently asked questions that I receive from prosp..

Chicago is an amazing city. It’s gorgeous and has some of the tallest buildings in North America. But Chicago at night… wow. As a wr..