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 Post MFA in Creative Writing Commencement Reflection Must we be useful?  Or maybe, must we define “useful” through solely capitalist measures? That question is what drives me as I think about what others have said about the MFA world, poetry, and graduating with a creative writing degree. Kristi York writes in her blog post “The… Read more

 My first blog post I ended with some questions that I wanted to ponder after completing my first MFA semester. Now that I have completed 33 credits of my MFA in Creative Writing degree, I have even more questions. How do I be attentive to my world? How do I learn to witness myself? The… Read more

  Sawtooth edged bamboo leaves like a rose and its thorns. I know: bamboo may not have the soft petals, the sweet aroma lingering in the air, the burst of bright pink and red popping out of deep green leaves and stems; nor does bamboo have the jutting thorns, sharp needle-point protrusions so easily spied.… Read more

  In an attempt to loosen a beginning sentence for the new ideas I’ve been having about space, place, and cooking in the kitchen,  I performed a cursory Internet search for “spatial cooking” but the only hits I found were about cooking in space…like, outer space. NASA cooking. While I think that’s really interesting, it’s… Read more

The Wisdom of Earthsea – Thoughts on Ursula Le Guin’s The Wizard of Earthsea I grew up with a love for fantasy, devouring stories of unicorns, mythical sea creatures, dragons, fairies. To me these were (are) real, only maybe we cannot see them because we are just not looking the right way (see Alastair McIntosh,… Read more

  I opened this blog to have a public space to write and think, to share, openly. I began this blog, typed out a draft of a post, and promptly actively worked to avoid posting anything to this new space. What is this hesitation? Why do I suddenly wish to avoid writing here and yet… Read more