Hi All! I'm Jonterri (yes, you can call me J.T.) and I'll be starting in UVA's Creative Writing MFA program for Poetry in Fall 2009!
Today I am located across the country (Idaho) from Charlottesville, VA where my program is located. As soon as I receive an official move-in date from housing, I'm taking off! Moving is currently my biggest stressor.
Let's see. I was a non-traditional undergraduate at Florida International University where I got a chance to take a few life-changing poetry workshops with Denise Duhamel. All but one of the pieces in my writing sample was workshopped in her courses. I'm non-traditional for a few reasons...I'm 31 and I'm also the single mother of an 8 year old who thinks he's starting grad school too lol.
If you're interested in how I handled (and sometimes did not handle lol) the MFA application process, check out the MFA posts on my personal blog, I Submit. There's also links to my publications in the sidebar. I hope every reader will benefit from the diverse perspectives of this blog's contributors as we begin our MFA programs and continue our lives post-MFA.
