Migration, emigration, re-immigration, what-have-you... I enter the immigration line at Lax. US-Resident or Visitor? First decision on terra firma. Guess which line is longer. I am somewhere in between, always. Lunch, an arepa in Bogota. No breakfast just a 5am tearfilled taxidoor good-bye in Rio de Janeiro with a magical woman. who I am crazy… Continue reading David Morgan O’Connor Introduction (University of New Mexico ’18)
Image: Alice Popkorn Is there a typical MFA admission story? I’m not sure. Mine feels atypical, but perhaps that’s a self-centered need to be a special snowflake. I’m a second round applicant. I first applied during my senior year at The University of Iowa, because, even though the MFA friends I had gotten close to… Continue reading Katharine G. Monger Introduction (Washington University in St. Louis ’17)
Here all of our lovely first year contributors for 2015-2016. Excited to work with them and read their posts! Image: Angie Garrett
When I’m back staying with my parents—usually on school breaks or work breaks or what have you—I end up working at the restaurant that I’ve been at for years. During this most recent little break, at the end of May, I was chatting with some regulars that have seen me come and go for almost… Continue reading Reasons To Go Out On A Limb (Alternately: Pursuing an MFA)
