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ajodasso

Letters from the front-lines of MFA Land

Sep 26, 2015 22:35

As many of you know via my Patreon page, I'm currently a Teaching Fellow and MFA (Creative Writing: Poetry) Candidate at Boston University. I had meant to start blogging more faithfully here once classes started, but the truth of the matter is, four weeks in, I'm completely swamped with work (and therefore completely exhausted). I'm not sure why ( Read more... )

writing for my afternoon tea, bu mfa, poetry, autism spectrum, teaching discussion

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kat_lair September 27 2015, 08:55:08 UTC

Lovely to see an update from you. The uni programme sounds intense but rewarding, and I totally understand about missing teaching :) Glad you can reuse some of your old materials though. Good luck!

ajodasso September 28 2015, 03:06:30 UTC

It's basically a two-year MFA crammed into one year :) Or, rather, you can think of it as running the same way as a UK MA program (three terms of classes + a dissertation). Thank you <3 I hope all's well on your end!

kat_lair September 28 2015, 20:15:16 UTC

*nod nod* Intense! Good luck with it!

All is well yes, just very busy as teaching has started and I have a lot of new responsibilities, projects, research etc.

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ajodasso September 28 2015, 03:06:54 UTC

Ooh! Which programs/schools have you been considering?

akatonbo September 27 2015, 15:06:23 UTC

Glad to hear that things are going well, if busy! I have that book on request from the library already right now but it looks like it's going to be a while (many more holds than copies available).

ajodasso September 28 2015, 03:07:20 UTC

I shall pray that you move up swiftly through the ranks *fingers crossed* It's so good.

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ajodasso September 28 2015, 03:08:06 UTC

That sounds incredible. Thank you for giving me a name in the BU community to watch out for! :)

mazaher September 27 2015, 19:38:48 UTC

I'm glad things seem to be moving, and moving in a fascinatin direction!
My wishes always...

ajodasso September 28 2015, 03:09:29 UTC

And mine to you, my friend *hugs* Things were moving much faster than I'd anticipated, but September arrived and time seemed to slow. This first month of classes has been a grind of constant work, albeit mostly enjoyable work; I'm used to that meaning time flies, but when I live alone, apparently it means the opposite. I'd forgotten that.