Chicago | Marginalia

I think it’s important for everyone to live in a city once. Not to visit for a weekend, or stop for a day in between a road trip, but ..

People always ask me why I chose to move to Chicago for graduate school. Often, they complain about the weather and winters, but I jus..

“I touch it, and it goes bzzzzzzarre.”

This is how Kwame Dawes kicked off Creative Nonfiction Week last week at CCC, and it couldn’t ha..

Printmaking is fun
Photo credit: Missy Cargo
Nov 22, 2010

Last month an artist friend that I studied with in Italy was visiting Chicago,..

I realized recently that I always mention my trip to Sudan and how much it has informed my experience, but I’ve never really gone any ..

Hello there. My name is Daniel Scott Parker, and this is my first blog post as the new MFA Poetry ambassador. I hope that you guys wil..

Pursuing a career in the arts can be an emotional roller coaster with its fair amount of ebbs and flows. There is a certain amount of ..

I have been a dancer for the majority of my life. Whether it was taking classes, performing, competing, teaching, choreographing, resear..