nonfiction | Marginalia

The view from the 8th floor of 1104 S. Wabash Ave. is enough to trigger vertigo, but once you get past that, the view of the city — of t..

I wrapped the first segment of my triptych On the Way Out less than a month ago. The way out of a memorable MFA journey.

I am writing P..

I remember the title of Jenny Boully’s oeuvre The Book of Beginnings and Endings. I was her student for a few classes during my MFA at C..

I feel immense pride to to be a part of Columbia College Chicago’s Creative Writing Department. New students like myself are welcomed into..

Loitering on the Train

Loitering, Charles D’Ambrosio’s 2014 essay collection that includes pieces from the cult favorite Orphans as we..

Photo courtesy of Aviya Kushner

Aviya Kushner (MFA) is an Assistant Professor in Nonfiction at Columbia College Chicago. I have had th..

This past week I had the pleasure of meeting some of the newly admitted students in the next cohort of Nonfiction MFA students at Colu..

As I mentioned in my prior post, I’ve been starting to think about larger, more long-term projects (dare I even say the word, thesis?)..

“I touch it, and it goes bzzzzzzarre.”

This is how Kwame Dawes kicked off Creative Nonfiction Week last week at CCC, and it couldn’t ha..