Marginalia | The Graduate Blog, Columbia College Chicago

For most MFA students at Columbia, June-August is apartment hunting season, and I am no exception. We moved into our apartment last Au..

Trying to Capture the Eiffel Tower with the Panoramic App

So, summer school ended and on July 4th, I left for a vacation in Europe. Ye..

Photo taken by
Dustin Seelinger
Interdisciplinary Book and Paper MFA

As I’m checking in from a coffee shop called the Flying Pig on the ..

Chicago Color Run 2014

As summer progresses and the workload begins to weigh more and more—I am starting to realize how integral the e..

Chicago in Summer

It’s summer in Chicago. Without having to go to class, I’ve had a few moments to think about what motivates me as an..

The Blues Festival Photo Credit: Joshua C. Robinson

The Chicago Blues Festival is a spectacular show of some of the best Blues artists..

Beach Time. Christine Reed. Elementary Education MAT. 7/4/14

It’s summertime and I am loving it! Along with the relaxation from the h..

About a month ago I travelled south to Arizona, travelling to Phoenix, Tucson, and even making a stop in Puerto Penasco, Mexico. It wa..

Summer, y’all.

What does a poet do when it isn’t 20 below zero with a windchill of negative 47 outside and there isn’t a waist-high..

I just got to meet my new nephew. Do you know how cool it is to be a first-time uncle? The coolest.

My sister had her son on June 1..