And so 2018 was off to a bang. Three different bangs. Bang. Bang. Bang. I will enumerate them below. A poetry workshop (I know I claimed to be a poet when joining the MFA Years community, but I might’ve lied about that). A writing class with a focus on incorporating programming languages and electronic elements… Continue reading Lost at SAIC: A Mini-Memoir
Author: Itzel Basualdo
My Two Cents
I’ve been hesitating with this post for a while because I don’t think I still quite know how to appropriately articulate what I’ve been feeling, but here it goes. Maybe it's because these are the narratives I've been taught as a woman of color, even in my own household -- stay quiet and be grateful.… Continue reading My Two Cents
Dazed and confused in the age of the MFA
Image: Mike Boening Some things you should know about me: The first time I left Miami I was 19. And I believed so then, with extreme certainty, that leaving the 305 was written in the stars for me. It was absolutely meant to be. And in retrospect, it was for good. I came back a… Continue reading Dazed and confused in the age of the MFA