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MFAin’t gonna skip it after all
In which Katie makes peace with an acceptance letter As you may remember, gentle readers, a little over a year ago when this blog began, I had just received a slew of rejection letters from full time MFA programs, and … Continue reading
In a flash
For you. You know who you are. he reads me, but not like a book. books levy their slow tax on time: exacting a split second per word, a half minute for half a page, a quarter hour to sketch … Continue reading
Writing it down as incarnation
As far as semester endings go, the past few weeks have been better than usual. They’ve turned out more breathlessly busy than mentally excruciating, and that is certainly an improvement. Still, there’s been enough to do with grading research projects … Continue reading
On dirty jokes and love songs
When I first heard the Dave Matthews Band song “Crash Into Me,” I was only 17 and still not completely sure how the whole sex thing worked. My mother, bless her heart, had been a bit too tender and vague … Continue reading
Lemons and plum juice
Adventures in being foreign Generally this is a space for waxing poetic rather than political. But today I was inspired by this campaign ad video from gubernatorial (that means governor) candidate Tim James, which has been burning up YouTube and … Continue reading
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Tagged confessions, culture shock, food, grammar, humor, memory, stupid universe, the south
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Lost: Imaginary worlds
Once again we’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming (whatever that actually is) to talk about Lost for a while. First, a disclaimer: I’m not trying to argue that Lost is the best show ever. Sure, I squeal … Continue reading
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Tagged books continue each other, comparative literature, confessions, lost, television
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Control maintenance – teacher’s edition
Machiavelli on the hovering / empowering distinction Toward the end of a library research session with one of my lit classes this week, I caught myself making a third set of rounds among students as they leaned in to their … Continue reading
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Tagged books continue each other, borrowed, confessions, humor, teaching
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MFAin’t
In which Katie tries to make peace with a slew of rejection letters As those of you who are not my current employer may know, I recently applied to graduate programs in creative writing. At the cost of hundreds of … Continue reading
It’s not cussing if you’re quoting
Caution: Contains f-bombs and depiction of creative parenting Hang around my mom’s family for half an hour, and eventually you’ll hear about the crazy things all of us – aunts, uncles, cousins, moms and dads – have done in extremis. … Continue reading
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