As I review document after document in my final - paperwork - semester of my MFA, I've been thinking back on all that it took to get here to this final stretch towards graduation. When I started my MFA at Stony Brook University, just over two years ago, I’d set out with the very specific goal of learning… Continue reading Thesis: The Paperwork Semester
...the classroom portion of our MFA entertainment package. Last Thursday I attended the last session of my last class for my MFA. It hasn’t quite sunk in yet, but I’m done with my classes. Forever. My mind cannot fully comprehend how quickly two years can fly past. That does not, however, mean I’m ready to… Continue reading And Thus Concludes…
To quote the famous poem... April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. - T.S. Elliot from The Wasteland (1922) I am midway through the fourth month of my fourth semester and, alas, perhaps April really is the cruelest month. Despite… Continue reading April, Cruel Cruel April
March 4th. Yesterday's date happens to be my sister’s birthday but it is also a message, as I learned on Facebook (the oracle of our times) when someone pointed out that it is the only day of the year that gives you direction: march forth. That sort of sums up how I feel at the… Continue reading March Forth
Semester Four. Wow. How did that happen? Feels like just yesterday I was waiting patiently for my applications to be processed and find out where I might be accepted. And here it is, my last semester of courses. One of the things that drew me to Stony Brook is that they encourage everyone to take… Continue reading Semester Four: Teaching
