MFA journal – Charlie

October 6, 2020

Put simply: comfort should mean safety. but it does not.

Wow. Nobody said this MFA was going to be easy. And it’s not. I’m tired, and my scheduling game has had to be ramped up to the max because I find that I forget things so easily. I think it has something to do with traveling so deep into the work, that sometimes it’s hard to pull myself back into...

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August 26, 2020

Interiority and Polyphony

First day in my Interiority and polyphony class. I came away feeling really good. Really full. Like I’m ready to get to it. M, our instructor, gave us an overveiw of the class. He gave us some definitions of INteriority and Polyphony: Interiority: It’s the hallmark of the novel. The reader feels as if they are inside a character’s head...

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August 26, 2020

First day of Grad school

Today was my first day of Grad school. It was nice but sort of strange to be on zoom starting school again, but I guess none of us expected this. At least I have a quiet home to work in. Today’s class was Human Sexuality. It was a two hour session with a break. The class has about thirteen of...

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August 21, 2020

MFA Orientation @ SFSU

For this first semester, I’m taking 9 units:
CW 880 – MFA Craft Tutorial – Voices within Voices: Interiority and Polyphony
CW 809 – Directed Writing for Grad Students
SXS 800 – Sociocultural foundations

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Put simply: comfort should mean safety. but it does not.

Interiority and Polyphony

First day of Grad school

MFA Orientation @ SFSU