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To Look At You: Twenty Years of Self-Portraits
This year, I turn 36. It will be roughly two decades since the summer I saved up enough money from my job at the Dairy Crest (a local, sea..
REVEAL: Putting in the Work
I recently celebrated the opening of my solo exhibition, REVEAL, at the Arcade gallery on campus. This exhibition opportunity was awarded ..
So Long, Farewell…
Cue up the graduation music, pop off the streamers, and light the fireworks…because it’s time for me to GRADUATE! Wow, has it been one hell of a ride! The last three years of my life have been full of learning about my craft and myself. I have grown in so many ways…I appreciate my life so much. I don’t even feel sad about graduating, unlike when I received my undergraduate degree and then wept all that night.
New Admitted Students and Ready to Record Again
I feel like just yesterday I was writing a blog post all about one of my recording sessions, and how nervous and excited I was. Lo and..
Change is Hard…But Good
I changed my thesis…no, this isn’t a writing prompt or the first line of a suspense novel—it’s my truth. (more…)
Support Black Writers!
When I started the MFA Creative Writing program, I re-committed to reading more black authors, especially after taking African America..
Building a Community vs. Networking
Growing up, my father taught me (well, more like drilled into me) that networking is how you get ahead. It’s how you learn and develop..
Doubt
What can I say about doubt that you don’t already know, that you aren’t already so intimately aware of? I ask myself often what is dou..
Extracurriculars: Caffeinated Reading Series
As a graduate student, you are going to be very busy. I know that should be pretty obvious, but really this is true. Although I’m curr..
Third Year Thoughts
I think best on rainy days.
About a week or so has passed since the start of the school year. I’ve had this kind of phantom limb feeli..