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Another class I’m taking this semester is Laurie Lawlor’s Young Adult Fiction class. In this class, we study novels written for the 12..

The morning after our interviews and reading in Pittsburgh, we woke up and drove back across town with Kelly to meet Kayla for Breakfa..

This is the last installment of the Nonfiction MFA Student Spotlight. Le sigh. This week, I interview Patrick Thornton, a first-year M..

On Tuesday, I started the class Code and Language with Paul Catanese. This class introduces the use of coding and programing languages..

Lee Bontecou, Untitled, 1959

One of my absolute favorite artists of all time is Lee Bontecou. There are many reasons why I am inspired..

My stomach sunk. I wanted to curse God, gremlins, and the film cage but I only had myself to blame.

I like words—dapper, I’ve decided, is my favorite. There is great power in thoughtfully constructed and well-worded writing. “Actions ..

At the beginning of this semester, I got a lot of questions from the first year students about teacher observations. Getting observati..