Creative Writing | Marginalia

Over the summer, there’s a certain lack of structure without the daily routine of going to class and being assigned homework. As writers, ..

I just completed my fourth semester at Columbia. It could be considered my final semester, since the Fall will just be me working on my th..

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..

Doe Parker (Editor, Columbia Poetry Review Vol 30) poses at the Columbia College Chicago booth at AWP before the writers descend upon the..

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..

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 ..

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 ..

The view from our Thesis Development classroom

There is no shortage of studies saying that a smaller class size is better for childhoo..

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..

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..