Image: "Labyrinth of Light" by ItzaFineDay As October comes to a wet and chilly end here in Missouri, I realize that for some, November means tweaking and refining those graduate school applications. When I was trudging through this process, I really wished there had been a pros vs. cons for MA vs. MFA in creative… Continue reading Maybe an MA?
Category: October 2015
First Month in Review
Image: Heipei In the Pacific Northwest, we do things little differently. Instead of the semester system that I am used to, we work under the quarter system. We have the year cut into three sections: Fall- Oct-Dec, Winter- Jan-March, and Spring- Apr-June. I am over half way through my first quarter in my MFA. Time… Continue reading First Month in Review
Master Class
Happy Halloween! I can’t believe it’s already the end of October. Fall is slowly settling in to Columbia. It was warmer these past few days, but today it is cloudy (my favorite) and I am relishing the cooler weather. The highlight for the month of October was definitely the master class with Claudia Rankine. She… Continue reading Master Class
Teaching, Or the Art of Performance (Or, Y’Know, That Thing You Do for Your Stipend)
Over the past few weeks, I wrote a comedic story about Edward Snowden that was rejected by McSweeney’s. My intramural soccer team made it to finals and if we win, we get T-shirts. A family friend visited town and we went on a 4-mile hike around Lake Lurleen. I semi-read Strangers on a Train (doing… Continue reading Teaching, Or the Art of Performance (Or, Y’Know, That Thing You Do for Your Stipend)
The MFA Program You Haven’t Heard Of: Spotlighting the MFA at West Virginia University
Image: Via Tsuji Last year, when I was applying to MFA programs, I was too fragile to keep up with the constant updates in the MFA Draft Facebook group. However, I decided to join this year. I'm not sure why: to relive the agony and anguish? So I can remember how I managed to do just… Continue reading The MFA Program You Haven’t Heard Of: Spotlighting the MFA at West Virginia University