poetry | Marginalia

Before the reading on Admitted Student Day 2016

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

Nate Marshall’s Wild Hundreds is the only book on this semester’s reading list I already owned. It’s incredible.

One of the most excit..

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..

A Chicago forest preserve at sunset (Photo: David Fairbanks)

I’ve mentioned before that I left the somewhat pastoral hills of Southern..

It’s January. This view from the fifth floor of the library would certainly be desolate and gray right now (Photo: David Fairbanks)

Be..

Cartoonist Kevin Budnik reflects on the year gone by. I reflect a bit on why non-poetry media is necessary to me.

Somewhere here on th..

The Cheshire Cat – John Tenniel

‘But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ Alice remarked.
‘Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the Cat: ..

Requisite picture of “The Bean,” taken well after settling into the city. (Photo by David Fairbanks)

The idea of “home” is a bit stran..

Poetry in the park

When asked what it is like to teach at Columbia College Chicago, I tell people I cannot imagine teaching anywhere e..

“Every journey begins with a single step”

It is difficult to imagine that over two years ago I was sitting on my front porch in Akron,..