Tag Archives: grad school

story of childhood bicycle accident reminds me how lucky i have been

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

Yes, I know it’s probably totally lame to spend the summer getting ahead on next fall’s required reading. But I’m okay with simmering in a little lame right now. For me, reading is reading is reading no matter how required … Continue reading →

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grad school update

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

So it’s April 15th, 2011.  It’s the day.  Decision day in the US. Well I managed to get myself an extension from the school that offered me funded admission.  It’s not much of an extension.  My response to them is … Continue reading →

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too busy to read / not writing either

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

I’m admitting it.  For the first time in my life, I find that I am just too busy to read.  And I can’t decide if this is a bad thing or if it’s just a neutral thing.  (Because, really, how … Continue reading →

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oh alberta! you’re just so… alberta.

Posted on March 3, 2011 by

I know I’ve been posting less frequently over the last few months.  And it’s all Alberta’s fault.  Since relocating for my Katimavik job, I’ve been busy.  So busy that most nights I fall into bed and before I can even … Continue reading →

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a night at book club

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

I’ve always thought I knew what a book club meeting looked like.  You know, clips from TV and movies, and then just imagining what it would be like to get a bunch of people in a room who loved books … Continue reading →

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afraid to read?

Posted on December 10, 2010 by

I’ve been posting about a series of books I read as a kid for the past few weeks.  They’re books I read when I was young; they are the first books that captured my little reader heart and set it … Continue reading →

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dnf analysis: why I couldn’t read these books?

Posted on November 7, 2010 by

I don’t like not being able to finish a book.  After all, there could be something totally amazing, mind-blowing, beautiful in just a page or two.  People have said great things about the book.  It’s a bestseller.  What’s wrong with … Continue reading →

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trudging through isn’t good enough

Posted on October 21, 2010 by

In university, I spent a lot of time trudging through books.  Books I didn’t care about.  Books I had a hard time connecting to.  Books written in old English.  Shakespeare’s plays were certainly not meant to be read (so reading … Continue reading →

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book launch for ava homa’s collection of short stories

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

A friend of mine from my MA program writing workshop is celebrating the launch of her collection of short stories, Echoes From the Other Land, on Friday October 22 at 6:30 at Beit Zatoun House in Toronto.  If you’re in … Continue reading →

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reflections on my MA degree / the MFA debate

Posted on September 30, 2010 by

When I was shopping around for my ideal program post-BA, I found myself deep in the MFA vs. MA in Creative Writing vs. avoid-school-at-all-costs-and-get-real-life-writing-experience debate. As a recent graduate from an MA degree in English and Creative Writing, you can … Continue reading →

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