Columbia College Chicago | Marginalia

This past week was rather a whirlwind, but also very fun. I started observations at a new school in Chinatown, taught the Hunger Games..

This week saw another visiting artist. This was our second of three visiting artists for the semester. I have often spoken of Columbia’s v..

Fiction 2 is the writing workshop that you take in your second semester of the Fiction Writing program. The big assignment is a Parody..

Cherise and I teach our Hunger Games lesson plan this Thursday, so we spent the weekend printing worksheets, buying art supplies, and ..

Another puff of flour fills the air of the Raw Space. The particles give weight and force to the dancer that threw it in the air–the ..

As promised in last week’s post, here is my analysis of Rookie Magazine’s effect on adolescents. All of the photos on the blog are my ..

The Graduate Lounge at 600 South Michigan is a low-key well-kept secret at Columbia College Chicago. Ambassadors from each graduate de..

One of the things I am most often asked about is how close the grad students are as a unit outside of the classroom setting. This clos..

Proseforms is the Story Workshop writing class that you take during your third semester in the program. There is a focus on creative n..

Hey, there are a lot of great things about being here in Chicago. When I moved, I moved from the Twin Cities (for those of you that do..