
Fiction Seminar Syllabus
Half the fun of doing a homeschooled MFA in Creative Writing is planning it. It’s been a blast to put … Continue reading Fiction Seminar Syllabus
Half the fun of doing a homeschooled MFA in Creative Writing is planning it. It’s been a blast to put … Continue reading Fiction Seminar Syllabus
I started my first MFA class with a pretty clear idea of how things were going to go. Literary theory. … Continue reading Ways of Reading: Part I
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In the faculty office building, Top never dared follow me. Neither did the Mormon missionaries. Friendly faces smiled back as … Continue reading Sexually Harassed by a Mentor
A sea-change had come over my parents’ house. The walls were still the same ice-blue. The kitchen where my father … Continue reading The Return
Looking back, I can’t help but wonder. Why him? Why do we gather, like moths, around the flame of one … Continue reading Joe
Well, not financially of course. But emotionally? Psychologically? Yeah. My fiancé introduced me to the series last year, just a … Continue reading How Dr. Who Is Getting Me Through Grad School
When I was 22, my undergraduate professors started to ask where I’d be going next. Everyone assumed it would be … Continue reading Why I Love Grad School, or Please Talk Career Options with Your Daughters
Today at the college, a freshman hunched over the form I handed him, checking off boxes. Male. Under 25. Native … Continue reading Beautiful Boys