Loved this recounting of your experience at Inkwell and the trip as a whole! Babies makes things interesting but I love seeing moms see opportunities and go for it. :) I lived in NYC for 6 months in my 20's and this brought back some visceral memories.
I love this! That you went for it with toddler in tow and your honesty at how frazzling such an experience is in real life. I’ve never tried speaking at a soirée with an upset babe in the back but can relate via somewhat similar circumstances, including trying to teach writing having just passed off an upset infant minutes before to a college student babysitter. Half a brain is spot on. There is a trail of our family’s lost items scattered around the world that leads to our home, I’m pretty sure.
I chuckled at your comment about the luxury of an MFA!
You leave a little souvenir for someone else everywhere you go 😆 If I ever have the luxury, I might get myself an MFA! I will say I’ve searched a few programs much in the same way I scroll Airbnb for fantasy vacation stays. Where do you teach?
Haha true! I also think an MFA would be fun. Maybe in a different season of life. I teach very part-time as an adjunct at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas. I mostly teach first-year composition.
Congratulations on the milestone! It seems like the event went well despite the challenges. I don't know if it's any consolation, but in my online lit community, which I'm kind of an outsider of, writers and poets come from all backgrounds, with MFAs, no MFAs, college education and not, working class folks, et cetera. Some are able to make money writing as well, though it takes hard work and patience and determination.
Loved this recounting of your experience at Inkwell and the trip as a whole! Babies makes things interesting but I love seeing moms see opportunities and go for it. :) I lived in NYC for 6 months in my 20's and this brought back some visceral memories.
The added challenge of a baby can make stubborn people even more determined to take such opportunities, I think XD
I love this! That you went for it with toddler in tow and your honesty at how frazzling such an experience is in real life. I’ve never tried speaking at a soirée with an upset babe in the back but can relate via somewhat similar circumstances, including trying to teach writing having just passed off an upset infant minutes before to a college student babysitter. Half a brain is spot on. There is a trail of our family’s lost items scattered around the world that leads to our home, I’m pretty sure.
I chuckled at your comment about the luxury of an MFA!
You leave a little souvenir for someone else everywhere you go 😆 If I ever have the luxury, I might get myself an MFA! I will say I’ve searched a few programs much in the same way I scroll Airbnb for fantasy vacation stays. Where do you teach?
Haha true! I also think an MFA would be fun. Maybe in a different season of life. I teach very part-time as an adjunct at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas. I mostly teach first-year composition.
Congratulations on the milestone! It seems like the event went well despite the challenges. I don't know if it's any consolation, but in my online lit community, which I'm kind of an outsider of, writers and poets come from all backgrounds, with MFAs, no MFAs, college education and not, working class folks, et cetera. Some are able to make money writing as well, though it takes hard work and patience and determination.
I’m going to be thinking about whether art forms can be gentrified for a while.
The seahorse 🥺
I will forever wonder about the fate of that plushy seahorse.... and its detachable babies
Why don’t people write about Yonkers instead? — you are ever astute as you see the places you visit with clear eyes ❤️