Creative Writing | Marginalia

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..

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..

The Spring Reading Series Poster and Lineup… Pretty good right?

“Columbia College Chicago’s Department of Creative Writing is launch..

Outside the Learning Studio!

A perk to being a grad student at Columbia College Chicago is the exposure to different campus jobs. Ther..

I met up with Megan Stielstra and Bobby Biedrzycki the other day to speak about their course, “Story and Performance.” I took this cou..