It’s been almost a year since I posted and a lot of things have happened (including a global and ongoing pandemic!). I finished my second year in graduate school, which means that I officially obtained my MA in English (I’m in a six-year MA-PhD conjoint program, so I will officially begin the PhD portion thisContinue reading “Thoughts at the End of My MA”
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Thoughts on End of the First Semester
Hello, nonexistent readers! I’m returning with a long-delayed post now that I’m on break. This means I finished my first semester in graduate school, with feelings of relief and lingering anxiety. I didn’t do quite as many blog posts throughout the semester as I had intended, but as the year reaches its end perhaps IContinue reading “Thoughts on End of the First Semester”
The Overwhaleming Moby Dick
Reading Moby Dick for the first week of grad school seemed oddly fitting to my recent experiences at orientations bombarding me with new information, and new classes in which I was exposed to unfamiliar names, concepts and theories that the other students animatedly discussed in the face of my shrinking self-confidence. The monstrous book isContinue reading “The Overwhaleming Moby Dick”