cohort | Marginalia

If you had to pick out a single theme from my writing on graduate life thus far, I think the thing you’d see repeating most often througho..

The stage all set for critiques

It’s been a busy couple days here at Columbia because we are in the middle of critique week. In the sp..

Part of my responsibility as the Graduate Nonfiction Ambassador here at Columbia College Chicago is to respond to emails from potential st..

Half of my cohort meeting for the first time at a GSO-hosted event.

So you made it! You’re in a new MFA program, you’re meeting new pe..

The Minds of Winter reading opened with Doe Parker (CCC 2018), photos by David Fairbanks

Do not trust anyone who tells you that gradua..

More than halfway through the semester and I’m already feeling it.

Was I ready for it? In a word…

Not even close.

What am I fe..

“Thinkin’ About Performance Art” Photo Credit: www.thegreatgodpanisdead.com

Being a part-time Graduate Student in the MA program has b..

Some Members of the Best Cohort EVER!

Can I tell you about how much I love my cohort?

If you’re unfamiliar with the whole grad scho..

Chicago, sometimes you are so darn beautiful.

Fall is definitely here. In just a matter of days the leaves started changing, even if t..

Steve and Kate’s Camp Lakeview kids posing for a last-day picture.

Camp is over and school is (almost) in. I have been spending the b..