Forgive me for the extreme tardiness in posting this, my last entry as a first-year blogger for The MFA Years. The end of the semester proved daunting as I put the wraps on probably the toughest semester of my program. I honestly needed a week to recover after classes let out -- a pattern I… Continue reading April, May, and Beyond
No, it's not an April Fool's joke to say today is March. This past week was perhaps the busiest of my semester, and this is my first chance to post. My third and final course this semester is a comparative-lit course taught by our department director, Rich Carr. I'd already got to know him some,… Continue reading March
February: the shortest month, always proving to be a whirlwind. Here at Alaska-Fairbanks, February means comps (or, if you will, comprehensive exams.) The second-year MA’s and MFA’s all gathered in a computer lab on Valentine’s Day (of all days) for the exams. Two longer essay questions in the morning, a two-hour lunch break, and three… Continue reading February
For the next two months we'll be asking some of our first year contributors to talk about the post application period and how they dealt with it last year. What did you do to get through the post application period? I still had my final semester of undergrad to do. But it was a lighter semester--a paper-making… Continue reading So You’re Waiting to Hear Back from MFA Programs: Post Application Advice With Whittier Strong
Image: Emmanuel Keller So it seems always I am forgetting to include things in my posts and so I have to pick them up the following month. So I'll bring up two such topics today. First, in November, I attended my first-ever thesis defense. It was for my friend Vicky, who was finishing her MA… Continue reading January
