Poetry as Ritual Image: Jan van de Velde II. Young witch. Engraving. 1626. I'm trying to explain the diastic method to Andreas. I'm pacing my spare apartment, drawing diagrams in the air with my fingers, and there's no furniture to trip over and no other humans around to interrupt me so I ramble on for some… Continue reading Kenzie Allen Introduction (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee PhD): Poetry as Ritual
The Basics Name: Daria Miyeko Marinelli Age: 28 Hometown: Hartsdale, NY Day Job: Figure Skating Instructor Program: University of Texas in Austin Degree: MFA in Playwriting Size of Program: 4 (2 in Theatre and Dance, 2 w Michener Center for Writers) Financial Situation: Combo of Loans, Fellowship, TAing, Teaching Skating Applications Also Applied To (Size):… Continue reading Daria Miyeko Marinelli Introduction (UT Austin ’19)
Photo Credit: facebook.com/AlabamaFTBL Today is the first home football game of the season. It’s early September in the Deep South—Tuscaloosa, AL—and the streets are empty because the game is under way. There are no cars on the road. No people in line at Target. There’s not much to do, except maybe write. But I've been… Continue reading Natalie Lima Introduction (University of Alabama ’19)
Image: Sven-Kåre Evenseth I never thought this could be my life. Since starting grad school I’ve been giddy. Excited. Thrilled beyond belief. The summer was a slow, ticking rise up the roller coaster track and these last two weeks in grad school have been the wondrous fall. I'm still feeling the adrenaline. I already wrote… Continue reading Jess Silfa Introduction Part Deux: Brooklyn College ’18 Edition
On my first morning in Milledgeville, Georgia, I woke up to my sister saying, “Zig, don’t freak out, but I just saw a cockroach in the bathroom.” I’d decided to apply for MFA programs ten months earlier. It was October of my senior year of undergrad and I already felt anxious about what would come… Continue reading Alexandra McLaughlin Introduction (Georgia College & State University ’19)
