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Intern Life
As I mentioned in a prior post, I’ve begun a new endeavor: working as an intern with 826CHI. After spending two years wo..
Getting Settled
Me and the fam have settled into Wicker Park. We love the new neighborhood and feel at home. The job is moving along and I’ve got the ..
Moving is the worst
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of looking for places to live, working, hanging out with friends, submitting, and writing, am..
Festing is Besting
Chicago has got to be one of the best cities to live in during the summer. Great weather, beaches, out door eating and drinking, and my favorite, street festivals. Attending summer festivals is a staple activity while living in Chicago. I attended Do-Division and saw this HAWT punk-rock band, Le Butcherettes. I also hit up Sausage Fest in Wrigleyville where I saw the lively Aussie electronic rockers, Art vs. Science. The food is pretty spectacular too.
Hall Chat: April is the Cruellest Month
I’ve been thinking about the opening line of T.S. Eliot’s “The Wasteland.”
“April is the cruellest month.”
And I’ve been thinkin..
Working and Being a Full-Time Grad Student
One of the most common questions I receive from prospective dance/movement therapy and counseling students is, “Do you work?” Althoug..
Columbia College Poetry Dispatch: The Wormhole
This post could be about any number of places. I decided on the Wormhole because I’ve been going there a lot lately and therefore it s..
Considering Audience While Reading at Quimby’s
Quimby’s is a fringe bookstore in Wicker Park, just a couple blocks away from the three-way intersection of North, Damen and Milwaukee..
Columbia College Poetry Dispatch: Red Rover Series
I recently attended the Red Rover Series’ poetry reading in Wicker Park, which was a part of the 100,000 Poets for Change event going ..
Columbia College Poetry Dispatch: Transplant Identity
I live in one of the world’s great cities.
It’s strange for me to write that, to type it, and even stranger to think about it while..