Creative Writing
TagTracing Your Success
Everyone comes to Columbia at different stages in their writing career. Whether you’re fresh out of undergrad (like I was), or you’ve take..
AWP 2017: Too Much To Do
Doe Parker (Editor, Columbia Poetry Review Vol 30) poses at the Columbia College Chicago booth at AWP before the writers descend upon the..
The Push to the Finish Line
I write to you from the last stress-filled weeks of the semester. I know end-of-semester chaos isn’t a new thing, but I always find myself..
Worrying About Your Thesis Advisor
CM Burroughs, Graduate Faculty
By the time this post goes live, I’ll likely know who my thesis advisor for the spring is. I’ve talked ..
5 Things to Do in Chicago for the Literature Lover
One of the big things I considered when I applied to MFA programs was the location. And since I ended up at Columbia College Chicago, you ..
Small Class Sizes and Meaningful Feedback
The view from our Thesis Development classroom
There is no shortage of studies saying that a smaller class size is better for childhoo..
Reading Really Does Help Your Writing
As writers, we’re always told the best work goes through multiple drafts and revision processes before it’s the best it can be. And ev..
Your Family Away From Home
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..
How to Survive A Work[C]hop
Last semester, I wrote a blog on how I workshop my classmates’ manuscripts. But, what do you do when your own piece is on the chopping blo..
#CWReadingSeries Showcases Writing
The Spring Reading Series Poster and Lineup… Pretty good right?
“Columbia College Chicago’s Department of Creative Writing is launch..