revision | Marginalia

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..

Battle Station Fallen Silent

I finally did it!

Thursday night I submitted my complete thesis manuscript to my advisor(!), so I fina..

Baby otters in space, because why not? AKA procrastination space station

I know you are all probably sick of all my thesis posts, and ..

Delicious Fall

Everything about this fall feels different than the past two I’ve experienced in Chicago. I’m no longer trying to figur..

I was out in Los Angeles last weekend and had to do some quick revisions on my thesis because I had a short amount of time to write bu..

I thought thesis hours were going to be a piece of cake. I was!

First, I’m working three jobs. I am teaching Professional Writing C..

This past few weeks have been about catching up with my cohort. I hadn’t been to a poetry reading in months, and this past weekend I a..

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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For all incoming graduate students at Columbia College Chicago, August 25th was the New Graduate Student Orientation. Those who come w..

I can’t believe that I didn’t wake up and go to class this morning. I didn’t teach. I didn’t work. I didn’t crack open a book or have ..