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Creative Writing – Nonfiction

Hall Chat: Hall Chat

Hall Chat: This is the new term I am attaching to all of my posts. It is a term that the nine first year Nonfiction MFA students have ..

I Lost my Weekend, Have You Seen It?

On Sunday morning, I headed to Hinge Gallery to volunteer for the day. Holly Sabin, a recent graduate of the AEMM graduate program, has opened her own gallery in Ukrainian Village. After spending most of the day at Hinge, I had to hurry home and get ready for a Grammy’s viewing party at Lincoln Hall, which was hosted by The Recording Academy Chicago Chapter.

Creative Writing – Poetry

Bridging The Great Divide

I don’t know why, you don’t know why, very few people know why, and those people don’t talk so we might as well forget about them. For..

Creative Writing – Fiction

Profiles in Gradliness: Jessie Morrison

I’ve loved Jessie Morrison’s writing since the third week of class, when our teacher read our class a story she’d started two weeks be..

Journalism

Springfield Trip: Alas, No Simpsons.

Springfield was a really interesting trip, even if we didn’t meet Homer or Bart. We (the journalism grad students) did get to meet sta..

Cinema and Television Arts

This is for Class…Really!

The last establishment was a little further north. It had a little bit of charm and lots of mirrors. They were on the walls, the ceiling, and over the jacuzzi.