literary journals | Marginalia

Tucked away about halfway down the hallway on the 8th floor of the 624 South Michigan building is room 803. This modest office is always p..

What I am up to! Okay, now seriously, the nine things to know or do!

I’ve recently been thinking about some of the things I wish I had..

Again, congratulations on being accepted into the program! I’ve been corresponding with a few admitted students over the past week, an..

So you’ve received your acceptance letter, and you’re beaming. I know I was. I put it on the refrigerator and called my mom. I was ecs..

Boston was a beautiful location for the annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP). The weather, though, was a little le..

I’m gearing up for AWP 2013 in Boston, and I can’t wait! I’ve never been to Boston and AWP is my favorite time of year. I blogged last..

I recently met with my thesis advisor, Jenny Boully, to discuss the 110 page draft I submitted. We met on Valentine’s Day, enjoyed som..

It’s so much easier to answer, “I teach,” when someone asks what I do for a living than to say I’m a writer, but at the core of everyt..

Random Family just arrived today in the mail, just in time for Winter Break and for my four-and-a-half-hour flight home to San Diego.
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I recently participated in the Graduate Student Ambassador panel at Columbia’s New Graduate Student Orientation, and many students had..