Mark Augustine & Emily Schikora at the 33 Reading Series

MARK AUGUSTINE is an MFA Candidate in the Nonfiction Program at Columbia College Chicago.  He was prom king in high school.

EMILY SCHIKORA is an MFA Candidate in Nonfiction at Columbia College, where she is also a Graduate Student Instructor.  She has a chapbook, "I Thought I Was Your Favorite," by Habit Books.  From Fairbanks, Alaska, Emily currently divides her time between Portland, Oregon, and Chicago. 

Caitlynn Martinez-McWhorter, Dauren Velez to Read at 33 Reading Series

CAITLYNN MARTINEZ-MCWHORTER, a native of the Chicago suburbs, is currently an MFA Candidate in Nonfiction Writing at Columbia College Chicago where she teaches First-Year Writing.  She can do a one handed pushup, has potty trained a wombat, and owns over 200 pairs of shoes.

DAUREN VELEZ is a Nonfiction Candidate at Columbia Chicago, with a background in the Liberal Arts from St. John's College in New Mexico.  She is interested in using the essay form to explore the subject of time, which of course an incredibly straightforward and simple endeavor.

Colleen O'Connor at The Dollhouse #19

Join us as we watch the brilliant Colleen O'Connor read her work at The Dollhouse Reading Series this Saturday, January 12!

According to The Dollhouse's Tumblr, "Colleen’s essays can be jarring, urgent, and cutting, yet remain all the while sincere and incredibly personal. That’s something. And she does a mean karaoke."  Go get 'em, Colleen!

Brett Slezak in The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review

Nonfiction Candidate Brett Slezak has published new work in The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review, titled "A Supposedly Relaxing Thing That Gives Me A Really Serious Case of the Heebie-Jeebies."  The piece is humorous, tickling in all the right spots, and can be read here.

Congratulations, Brett!

MFA Candidate Launches New Journal

First-year MFA Candidate Naomi Washer has launched the inaugural issue of Ghost Proposal, a new online journal of Poetry and Creative Nonfiction.

Though currently closed for submissions, Ghost Proposal wants "your word memories like bathing suits that don't fit," and "seeks to represent a wide range of brain activity and circuitry in poetry, creative nonfiction, and multimedia."  Please click here to give Issue #1 a read.  Congratulations, Naomi!

33 Reading Series: Upcoming Fall Events featuring Erin Wisti, Matt Cwiklinski, & Louise LeBourgeois

Maddison Hamil Featured in Marginalia

Marginalia, Columbia's graduate student-centered blog (and featuring the writing of our own Jennifer Tatum-Cotamagaña) sets its sights this week on MFA Candidate Maddison Hamil.  Click here to give it a read!