On Writing; Or, What I Say in the Mirror on Days that are Heavy & Burdensome

On Writing; Or, What I Say in the Mirror on Days that are Heavy & Burdensome

Cristo Redentor

by Dana Byerwalter One of the major draws of the MFA of the Americas is that you travel abroad during your June residency. When I learned the 2018 destination would be Rio de Janeiro, I was excited for all the residency entailed: lectures from visiting writers, in-person workshops, museum visits to take in the local …

One Way Streets: Ipanema

By Carley Fockler Second semester student and Assistant to Art Editor Waking up to a canary singing sounds better than it is. If A.M is in the title, it's far too early in the day for me. But, after a sprinkling of seeds in his dish, the bird falls silent. I look through his bars …

My Personal Process for the Expanded Field

At the beginning of my journey as a poet, I had an incredibly narrow mind of what poetry was. It had to rhyme. It had to be on paper. It needed to sound classic, like Poe, Whitman, Dickinson, etc. Luckily, since then I have grown my horizons to encapsulate different genres and styles found in …