Marginalia | The Graduate Blog, Columbia College Chicago

You might be thinking, “Bethany, you’re the poet blogger at Marginalia. Why is your preview image of a painting?” Well reader, one of the ..

Hello again, reader, and forgive my shock once more as I marvel at the fact that only a handful of weeks separate us now from the conclusi..

In the eye of the storm, we (MFA Creative Producers) find time in class to discuss and evaluate our progress in the program. As we navigat..

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One of the Department of English and Creative Writing’s major initiatives is the Reading Series. Each semester, writer..

The puddle and my boots.

It’s been rainy and windy in Chicago. In the past two days I’ve witnessed more umbrellas break than I can cou..

A director shooting her short film for a class project.

Our cinema directing adventure is going with full speed. We have finished shoo..

Every ending is a beginning, they say, and I’m looking forward to what comes next! It was Jeff Grace’s last week with us as our composer-i..

Journals from my students–taking a break from thesis work really just means doing other work.

Wow. Wow. Wow.

Here I am smack in th..

Classes have been in session for a few weeks, and our days have been packed but have sped by. We are settled in, but I already feel the wa..