Join us Sunday, June 14th for an online reading to honor the lives of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud… Read more S/HE HAS A NAME: Reclaiming Black Bodies
WRITING IN HARD TIMES: ART AND COMMUNITY DURING A PANDEMIC
There’s no denying that life as we know it—no matter where we are in the world—has turned upside-down in the… Read more WRITING IN HARD TIMES: ART AND COMMUNITY DURING A PANDEMIC
Five Tips for Surviving Your First Semester of Grad School That Are Eerily Similar to Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse
Ah, spring. The season of indecisive weather, terrible allergies, and admissions decisions at the University of Central Florida. By now,… Read more Five Tips for Surviving Your First Semester of Grad School That Are Eerily Similar to Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse
This is Going to Be Uncomfortable
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
