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Those Who Can, Teach
It’s not always about being behind the camera. Sometimes we need to be in front of the classroom.
VOULEZ-VOUS COUCHER AVEC MOI: PAPERMAKING WITH FRIENDS
Over the winter break, the Center for Book and Paper Arts (CPBA) hosted a two-day papermaking workshop called Images in Pulp. The work..
Interesting Evening at MoCP
My first day of the Spring semester was a long one. This was mostly because there was a new show up at MoCP (which is in the bottom of..
THE CLASSROOM: A PLACE FOR VULNERABILITY
This is the week I show up to teach and, after several minutes of weird, alien air in which my first-year writing students are squirmi..
Grant Submission
It just so happens that this time of year there are an awful lot of grants that are open for submission. I am currently bus..
TO MFA OR NOT TO MFA?
Good question, right? And the consideration is nothing new. During a time when our current cultural ecosystem is characterized by dras..
My Year in Review
It was roughly this same time last year when I had just finished my first semester in the program that I reflected on my reasons for grad..
Final Review – The Semester is Over
This is my last end-of-semester review. My last one. You can read about three of my previous reviews here, her..
A look back: why we chose Columbia, and what we’ve learned along the way.
It’s the final week of the program for my cohort in the Journalism M.A. program. It’s a strange feeling…it hasn’t fully hit me yet. ..
CPR VISITS THE POFO
I always tell prospective MFA students that one of the best things about our program—aside from reading each other’s work or writing c..