Category: June 2015

My first year as an MFA graduate student wrapped up the first week of June and I've spent the last 3 weeks or so traveling (Portland for the first time! Little sister's last-minute wedding! Escape-the-Heat trips to LA!). Now that I'm back home with no other plans this summer, I'm feeling overwhelmed by all the… Continue reading 1 Year Down, 1 To Go!

I am a black woman. I consider myself lucky that I chose a program that houses other black women, making me not the token for the first time in my experience of higher education. I chose a program that even has black men, and other types of people of color in it. I chose a… Continue reading The MFA Vs. Everyone Not a Straight, White Male