Fingernail-Hold On Reality
I've updated my previous post with links to the pieces that were previously forthcoming. There's new poetry to be had now, in link form. Two are books (anthologies) that you can buy!
I'm two weeks into the final course requirements of this Teaching Fellowship / MFA Program, and I can honestly say I haven't had this much work since I was an undergraduate at Wellesley. 15 in-class hours per week (2 classes that meet twice a week each, back to back in the same classroom), 200-300 pages of reading per week, and already more mini-papers and in-class writing sessions (plus two presentations and two longer papers to come, all by June 30th) than I can count. I can see why a three-semester MFA has advantages over a traditional four-to-six-semester MFA program, but between June 1st and June 30th, I'm being run ragged.
I use Twitter a lot more these days than I used to. I think I've finally figured out how to be a useful, if not interesting, tweeter. Or at least I hope I am. There was a time when I used to update this blog religiously (i.e. back when I was an undergraduate, and even a little ways into my first go-round in graduate school), but I seriously think I forget how to be a useful blogger. If I were to resurrect this blog once my term here at BU is up, what kinds of topics would you like to see me cover? As many of you know, I'm best at blogging when I have questions to answer. Otherwise, I just don't know what to talk about because there is, literally, too much to talk about.
(And it pains me that I don't feel safe talking specifically on social media right now about what's going on in my life. Many of you know how difficult it's been since March, but private discourse is the best I can do for now.)
I'm two weeks into the final course requirements of this Teaching Fellowship / MFA Program, and I can honestly say I haven't had this much work since I was an undergraduate at Wellesley. 15 in-class hours per week (2 classes that meet twice a week each, back to back in the same classroom), 200-300 pages of reading per week, and already more mini-papers and in-class writing sessions (plus two presentations and two longer papers to come, all by June 30th) than I can count. I can see why a three-semester MFA has advantages over a traditional four-to-six-semester MFA program, but between June 1st and June 30th, I'm being run ragged.
I use Twitter a lot more these days than I used to. I think I've finally figured out how to be a useful, if not interesting, tweeter. Or at least I hope I am. There was a time when I used to update this blog religiously (i.e. back when I was an undergraduate, and even a little ways into my first go-round in graduate school), but I seriously think I forget how to be a useful blogger. If I were to resurrect this blog once my term here at BU is up, what kinds of topics would you like to see me cover? As many of you know, I'm best at blogging when I have questions to answer. Otherwise, I just don't know what to talk about because there is, literally, too much to talk about.
(And it pains me that I don't feel safe talking specifically on social media right now about what's going on in my life. Many of you know how difficult it's been since March, but private discourse is the best I can do for now.)