Creative Writing
CategoryColumbia College Poetry Dispatch: The Wormhole
This post could be about any number of places. I decided on the Wormhole because I’ve been going there a lot lately and therefore it s..
Writing, Writing, Writing
I’ve been doing a ton of writing this week, both professionally and creatively. I have a job through the Academic Affairs Office and a..
Considering Audience While Reading at Quimby’s
Quimby’s is a fringe bookstore in Wicker Park, just a couple blocks away from the three-way intersection of North, Damen and Milwaukee..
Columbia College Poetry Dispatch: Doctor Time!!!!
So it turns out being in graduate school also means you have to do adult things like take care of your immunizations. This is a law in..
The 33 Reading Series
One of my favorite things about being a writer and being in a writing community is going to readings (see previous post about The Doll..
Columbia College Poetry Dispatch: Your Best Work
At the end of the day, you come to a poetry program to improve your work. My experience so far with graduate school has been that this..
Writing Comes In Spurts
We take ten to twenty minutes to write during every Fiction Writing workshop.
At first, it was easy to feel put on the spot when aske..
Creative Nonfiction Week
This past week, the Nonfiction Program hosted its annual Creative Nonfiction Week. Creative Nonfiction Week is a collaborative event t..
Columbia College Poetry Dispatch: Poetry and CNF
So, it turns out I go to a lot of readings. That, going to class, and going to office hours pretty much encompass the majority of my d..
On Moving To Chicago
I moved from Brooklyn, New York to come to Columbia College Chicago. I liked the idea of increasing my focus on school by moving somew..