August 29, 2017 feels a lot like August 29, 2005, except instead of watching New Orleans get pounded by Hurricane Katrina in a Houston hotel, I’m now watching Houston get pounded by Hurricane Harvey from my home in New Orleans. Classes were cancelled yesterday and today because of flood warnings; the storm has downgraded yet we are still bracing ourselves for potential flooding.
I start school in about a week, and I am feeling all sorts of things. Among these things is caution. It's been a challenge trying to explain what I'll be doing in the next few years, partially because the MFA is not necessarily common knowledge. People get the M and the A, but usually, they'll… Continue reading On Doing the Thing Again (An Introduction)
Image: Nick Page In two days I will fly to Austin to start my MFA, but for now I find myself in the living room of my flat in London, surrounded by very large piles of clothes. Turns out shipping things across the Atlantic is eye-wateringly expensive (duh, what did I think), so I’ve spent… Continue reading Rachel Heng Introduction (Michener Center for Writers ’20)
Thanks to my primary school teacher parents, I entered my MFA program with teaching experience. In middle school, I began volunteering and tutoring in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. and I kept that up throughout college. As an undergrad, I spent two summers abroad teaching and writing about my experiences in the Volta Region… Continue reading Blog of a Power-Hungry, Controlling TA
Finishing up my final semester at University of Wyoming’s MFA felt tumultuous, though I suppose it couldn’t have ended any other way. Many faculty seemed to be leaving UW amidst the school’s large-scale budgeting overhaul due to the collapse of Wyoming’s coal industry last year, nothing new for the state considering its legacy of booms… Continue reading Becoming the Killjoy: Confronting Academic Spaces
