Where will you be at the end of the semester? Perhaps this an accurate portrait (give or take some hair/fur). But it’s not over yet. If you’re a student, you got those finals and papers keeping vigil before the new year. If you’re not, you got those not-a-student end of year ordeals. Either way, we’re all […]
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Approach with footfalls soft as a kitten’s nose. Art is the delicate process of making craters. To breathe upon them adds carbon dioxide to the equation. It is a stone age tradition that drinks fresh blood. It is the sum of all shadows that cast a human. Do not be obvious, oblivious, obedient, observable, objective. […]
Does anyone know what a Wunderkammer is? I see you have your hand raised, Wikipedia. “Cabinets of curiosities were encyclopedic collections of objects whose categorical boundaries were, in Renaissance Europe, yet to be defined. Modern terminology would categorize the objects included as belonging to natural history (sometimes faked), geology, ethnography, archaeology, religious or historical relics, works of […]
“I’ve been here for a couple of months now, enough time to eat a barrel full of oranges or train a barrel full of monkeys. I’m trying my best with all that citrus fruit but I can’t seem to find any simians. All I have are squirrels. And chipmunks and bunnies, but they have kept their […]
On Writing a Blog About Lily Hoang’s Reading By Moonseok Choi I trust all of you have had that moment curiosity grasps your heart and mind before Facebook, before Internet (was there ever such a time) when research becomes but an excuse, reading accompanies guilt and secret yet you skim it once from the random page it opened […]
You may had heard of Norman Finkelstein. You may have heard of Michael Heller. You may have heard about Norman Finkelstein and Michael Heller. You might have heard of them. It is possible that you remember seeing that they would read. That they would read together at Notre Dame. It is possible that you have not. Possible […]
He raises a fist. It transforms into an open palm through the magic of extending his fingers. It sways from left, to right, then left. He repeats it as many times as is necessary. It’s me, Moon. I’ve written something on my hand. Won’t you give it back to me? Thank you. Ahem. Danielle Dutton […]
Two gentlemanly MFA students will be reading on September 28th, 2016: Zachary Anderson and Chris Muravez. They’ll be gracing us with their presence at 7:30 PM at the Fischer Community Center to kick off the first reading event this semester by second year Creative Writing MFA students. If you haven’t noticed, the Creative Writing Program has […]
Introductions are often bland and full of unintended egotisms. How do I start this blog? Hi. My name is Daniel Tharp. I am a student attending the MFA Creative Writing Program at the University of Notre Dame, but that doesn’t seem right, too stuffy, too formal. With that kind of introduction you miss the […]
Amazing Alumnae Arrive to Read at Reckers
Posted in Readings on Sep 7th, 2016
Moonseok Choi here. Who is Moon? He’s a new MFA student in poetry who likes dogs. He works at the Creative Writing office from Monday to Wednesday. He left Seoul, South Korea, with a keyboard in one hand and mouse in the other to say to you all – Nice to meet you. But that’s […]