tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post2109747066179532698..comments2023-11-02T01:29:11.575-07:00Comments on The MFA Chronicles: Spring CoursesJayTeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923700657540655227noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-55292173876361220242009-10-25T07:22:58.709-07:002009-10-25T07:22:58.709-07:00OMG Tory...you MUST report back on how that goes! ...OMG Tory...you MUST report back on how that goes! <br /><br />I'm shaking my fist at Emily and her Black American Poetry class. That's exactly the class I would love to take!<br /><br />To be more specific, I'm taking a Harlem Renaissance lit class and my poetry workshop next semester.JayTeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923700657540655227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-87860580299344716112009-10-24T23:16:22.264-07:002009-10-24T23:16:22.264-07:00Whitney, I hear Andrew likes to read our poems in ...Whitney, I hear Andrew likes to read our poems in baby voices, especially the ones he dislikes. So it may not be as fun as you might think. WE SHALL SEE!insertbracketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07980404937296101384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-67150125216445818882009-10-24T20:19:26.032-07:002009-10-24T20:19:26.032-07:00Oh wow... you mean you all get a CHOICE? I had adv...Oh wow... you mean you all get a CHOICE? I had advising last week and it was less like advising and more like being told what to take. However, I am quite thrilled with my courses: structure of verse (a survey course of sorts), poetry workshop, non-fiction workshop, and a publishing class. I didn't get a choice, but I can't complain because anything is better than my current pedagogy course! <br /><br />(Tory--I am so jealous that you are working with Andrew Hudgins AND Henri Cole! Grr!)Whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09421427853394025911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-59476717675046701202009-10-24T16:33:38.055-07:002009-10-24T16:33:38.055-07:00In the spring I'll be taking a poetry workshop...In the spring I'll be taking a poetry workshop with Todd Davis (called The Material World: Poetry and the Body), a nonfiction workshop with Elizabeth Kadetsky, a lit sem called Black American Poetry: The Music of Thought, and a 1 credit Comp Lit seminar called Foundations of Modern Theory. And a 1 credit pedagogy course again - it's the second part of the one I'm in now.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02608421232179032744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-80337054909894224212009-10-24T14:06:43.916-07:002009-10-24T14:06:43.916-07:00love reading about the classes you guys are taking...love reading about the classes you guys are taking :) as a low res student i didn't choose my classes, so to speak, but i did choose which ones i would write papers on and that was always a fun little moment.<br /><br />i miss picking classes, it was always one of my favorite parts of school :)Jessie Cartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181286764480973423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-10602971642917344002009-10-23T17:07:00.422-07:002009-10-23T17:07:00.422-07:00Interestingly, OSU is on the quarter system (a sys...Interestingly, OSU is on the quarter system (a system I have been on since being an undergraduate) so I will be taking another four classes this year, two in the winter and two in the spring.<br /><br />Next quarter I am taking a poetry workshop with Andrew Hudgins and a special topics class that is being taught as an additional poetry workshop on the sonnet by Henri Cole.<br /><br />In the spring I will take a regular poetry workshop with Henri Cole and a forms class on verse libre with Kathy Fagan. I am so excited I just can't hide it!insertbracketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07980404937296101384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-20531564936937614882009-10-23T14:00:11.232-07:002009-10-23T14:00:11.232-07:00This fall I took a Forms of Fiction class, require...This fall I took a Forms of Fiction class, required of all incoming fiction students, a setting class because my work is heavy on setting, and a lit class on Mark Twain (to get half of my 2 lit course requirement out of the way). <br /><br />I am really excited about this spring because of two things--first I will finally have workshop, and second, "War Writing" is offered and I have a story set in the Vietnam War that I want to finish. For my third class this spring I'll probably take a Forms of Nonfiction class for my out-of-genre requirement.<br /><br />I LOVE choosing classes. It is so exciting.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08887749173643713230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396226836483140641.post-69460644511649816522009-10-23T12:30:06.450-07:002009-10-23T12:30:06.450-07:00I knew that I needed some sort of ethnic literatur...I knew that I needed some sort of ethnic literature class to supplement my writing and I also knew I wanted a daytime class. There was only one class being offered that fit the description and I'm very excited about it because the professor is a leader in the field and I can't wait to work with her. I'm actually supposed to go meet her next week. I'm hoping she'll work with me on making her class MFA friendly (meaning w/out a 20 page research paper or something). Either way, I'm very excited. We'll see how that goes.JayTeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923700657540655227noreply@blogger.com