
Spring Semester Scandal at My MFA
CONTENT WARNING Now that I’ve finished my literary theory class, it’s on to the next course: a fiction seminar. Full … Continue reading Spring Semester Scandal at My MFA
CONTENT WARNING Now that I’ve finished my literary theory class, it’s on to the next course: a fiction seminar. Full … Continue reading Spring Semester Scandal at My MFA
I launched this blog ten years ago this month. Since December 2010, it’s been a wild ride, packed with ups … Continue reading Ten-Year Blogaversary!
Since the 1930s Formalism has positioned literary art as independent of author, era, and even possibly meaning. It promises that … Continue reading To the Guy in My MFA Class* Who Believes Art “Has Nothing to Do with Race”
SPOILERS! SO MANY SPOILERS! Over the last four years, The Good Place fans knew writers were going to have to … Continue reading “The Good Place” Makes Peace with Death
Ever since my goal of completing a post-diagnosis 5K hit a wall in October 2019, I’ve been skittish about setting … Continue reading What I’ll Be Doing in 2020
Shit will happen. And it will happen on its own timetable. There is absolutely nothing any of us can do … Continue reading Planning for Happiness: Four Tips for the Happiness-Resistant
This week I came right up against a wall. Writing can be tough for anybody. Writing a book is even … Continue reading Writing with Chronic Illness
Different institutions give it various names. Narrative Strategies. Textual Strategies. Literary Theory. Readers and Writers. But whatever you call it, … Continue reading The MFA Class No One Likes
Sharpen your pencils. Polish your trackball. Update your screen reader. Whatever accessibility means for you, do what you need to … Continue reading The MFA Program Plan
When I enrolled for my prerequisite language courses in 2013 leading up to my M.Ed., I was headed to grad … Continue reading The MFA for the Chronically Ill Writer