books | Marginalia

Part of the requirements for a Creative Writing MFA at Columbia College is to take two Literature courses. These courses are focused more ..

Photo: Todd DeSantis

At the time of my writing this, there are two weeks left in the semester before summer vacation! Which means two ..

Nate Marshall’s Wild Hundreds is the only book on this semester’s reading list I already owned. It’s incredible.

One of the most excit..

It’s January. This view from the fifth floor of the library would certainly be desolate and gray right now (Photo: David Fairbanks)

Be..

A thaumatrope spinning toy printed as part of my upcoming thesis exhibition

Well, folks, I’m back in Chicago for my final semeste..

(Not so) Little Helper

By the time this is posted, the spring semester of 2016 will be underway, the final semester of my MFA. How am ..

All four books of my year-and-a-half long project, Maneater.

Maneater started as a panicked 2 AM conversation with my roommate. I had ..

Photo: Joshua C. Robinson
December 2014
Vail, CO
Self-Publishing can be a barren wasteland of disappointment, or maybe it’ll pay for your..

Coffee, A Necessary Tool by Joshua C. Robinson
March 21, 2014

Many of the graduate programs at Columbia College Chicago have very clear ..

Three weeks into the semester I have read five books, written drafts for three pieces (however short), and taught six classes. That’s ..