It is raining as I write this. I'm thinking of my first post here this semester and how much time has gone by and how time hasn't really gone…

Part of the requirements for my graduate program is that if one does not speak a foreign tongue, one must take an exams in a foreign language. If…

The jinx is broken. On my way home from school this evening (because CUNY has a calendar of its own, and sometimes a Thursday becomes a Monday––make up…

On Monday, a classmate asked if I were an MFA student. I get this a lot. I didn't tell her about how I applied to Brooklyn College's MFA…

[via] Two more semesters to go. I'm not really counting, just noting. I'm afraid. Two more semesters, then what? I should be looking into PhDs now. I haven't…