MFA | Marginalia

Behind the scenes of my To-Do list

It’s 2017 and I’m currently enjoying what could be described as the mini-hibernation phase of MFA l..

The New Year has dawned, and I don’t have a list of Resolutions for myself. For the past handful of years, I can name the “goals” I made f..

It’s finals time and I’ve been busy writing papers and working on final proj..

My stylish crutches resting in front of 623 S Wabash Ave

Murphy’s law says Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. I’m a first year..

Nonfiction MFA 2016 <3 you all!

When I first opened my email three years ago to see that I had been admitted to Columbia College Chica..

Before the reading on Admitted Student Day 2016

One of the most exciting parts about being a graduate student is meeting and interacti..

Portrait of John Keats. You don’t have to look like this to be a poet, I promise. You also don’t need to contract TB and die in your twen..

Year in review

Being the internet-obsessed media consumer I am, when I started seeing people posting their “year in review” on Facebo..

Tony Trigilio, David Fairbanks (me), John Gallaher, and Courtney Zellers (photo courtesy of Courtney Zellers)

I’m going to let you in ..

Production crew hard at work on a graduate thesis film.

A recent article posted by The Hollywood Reporter listed the top ranked 25 fil..