Letters from the front-lines of MFA Land

[ajodasso]

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

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[teithiwr]

A special yay for finding time to read for the sake of reading! <3

[ajodasso]

I have several other ASD-related books queued up :-D

[halocentury]

Wow, you sound very busy. Hope you manage to take some time for yourself to breathe too. :)

[ajodasso]

So, I made some time for myself between yesterday evening and this evening. I watched Season 1 of Rick and Morty. I'm not sure that was the best way I could've spent my time, but it was at least something that wasn't rabidly working on class-related stuff :-D

[owlfish]

I'm so pleased you're in this program, and getting time to read, and particularly that you're getting to study with Pinsky, whose work I admire very much.

[ajodasso]

I had admired Pinsky's work as an undergraduate, too, and then had grown quite distracted for a number of years (grad school round #1) with reading almost exclusively medieval British poets and modern British poets. As I rediscover the contemporary American poetry scene, I'm getting the sense there's a great deal I've missed!

[ada_hoffmann]

Hello! I totally get it. I too am having trouble juggling grad school, writing, and other interests. Glad to see you around though (and yes, I do see you around on Twitter! *waves* )

[ajodasso]

I'm glad we see each other around on Twitter, too *waves back* I feel like I'm more active on Twitter these days than I am anywhere else. Nobody is more surprised about this than me!

[tehomet]

It's lovely to hear from you. You're up to your eyes in work, it appears, but happily it sounds all very suited to you. I'm so glad. And I wish you a happy birthday and many more. <3