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2014, Archives, August 2014, The MFA Years

Southampton Writers Conference (aka My First MFA Workshop)

Summer camp for writers; short stories instead of leather lanyards, playwriting instead of slapstick, and poems instead of finger-paints, but otherwise my twelve days at the Southampton Writers Conference was pretty much that, summer camp for writers. It was also my first for-credit writing adventure as a part of my MFA program at Stony Brook… Continue reading Southampton Writers Conference (aka My First MFA Workshop)

2014, Archives, July 2014, The MFA Years

Something Beautiful: Mental Health and the MFA

What do we talk about when we talk about depression and writing? It’s hard to begin, not least because the pairing of these topics can feel almost overly familiar. They’re a classic combo, really—a sort of burger and fries, peanut butter and jelly, Lennon and McCartney of the literary world. From The Bell Jar to… Continue reading Something Beautiful: Mental Health and the MFA

"Writing," Jonathan Kim
2014, Archives, July 2014, The MFA Years

Navigating the First Summer of My MFA

This past May marked the end of my first year in Boise State’s MFA program. In a whirlwind of moving twice, losing a relationship, cautiously starting another, searching for my voice as a writer, and of course, figuring out the best place to buy groceries, the summer loomed ahead of me. In the past few… Continue reading Navigating the First Summer of My MFA