As an introverted kid desperate to pretend the world around her wasn’t going to pieces, I escaped into books like… Read more This is Going to Be Uncomfortable
The Student Employee Paradox: Baseball, Dream Vampires, and the Future of Academic Labor
Let’s start with the essentials. On September 20th, the National Labor Review Board put forth a proposal to classify graduate… Read more The Student Employee Paradox: Baseball, Dream Vampires, and the Future of Academic Labor
Imposter Syndrome and the Art of Comparison: How to Beat Self-Doubt
Here you are, an MFA candidate in a program competitive with the best in the country. You know that you… Read more Imposter Syndrome and the Art of Comparison: How to Beat Self-Doubt
Reclaiming Raindrops: Creative Research
In an age of appropriation and misrepresentation, the potential critique, “This is inaccurate or implausible; You should have researched this… Read more Reclaiming Raindrops: Creative Research
Write Now, Right Now
Some weeks, every day feels like the helicopter day from Goodfellas (minus the cocaine racket). I wake up to thoughts… Read more Write Now, Right Now
Reflections of a First-Year MFA Student
I don’t think anyone anticipates that an MFA program, or graduate school in general, will be easy. Your professors will… Read more Reflections of a First-Year MFA Student
Writing as a Healing Process
Driving from my parents house I see a neighbor jogging. He is the father of a childhood friend of my… Read more Writing as a Healing Process
On the Baring of Souls: Vulnerability in Workshops
I’m sure that the vulnerability accompanying workshop is nothing new to veteran writers, but as a first-year student in the… Read more On the Baring of Souls: Vulnerability in Workshops
Poetry Can Be Taught—Are You Up for the Challenge?
To call a piece of art poetry is one of the greatest compliments you can pay. That sonata is poetry.… Read more Poetry Can Be Taught—Are You Up for the Challenge?
How to Get Started As a Freelance Writer
Working as a journalist has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life—and has significantly affected my fiction… Read more How to Get Started As a Freelance Writer
