I have baked bread every week for nearly 30 years. About the only times when I haven’t baked my weekly loaves of bread are when I have been on vacation or living in a country with great bakeries and no ovens in their rental apartments (I’m looking at you, Belgium!), so making bread has become part ofContinue reading “A Philosophy of Bread”
Author Archives: Kendall Dunkelberg
Risotto with Baked Golden Beets
I figured it’s time to get back to posting about food now and then. This weekend at our farmer’s market, I was able to pick up a few golden beets, and made a delicious risotto (if I may say so). I won’t go into the Risotto part of the recipe other than to say I didn’tContinue reading “Risotto with Baked Golden Beets”
Grad Student Admissions!
This week, now that final exams are over and end-of-year meetings have been held, I’ve been able to turn my attention back to admitting students to our Low-Res MFA in Creative Writing. I’ve actually admitted one student, and I have two more forms ready to turn in today. There are several other applications that areContinue reading “Grad Student Admissions!”
Another thought on Grad School Funding: Ask Your Boss!
This past week, I spent at #AWP15, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ annual convention. There, I got lots of valuable information and had a great time running into writers I know from the Welty Symposium or from AWPs past. More on that in a later post, I hope! What I wanted to mentionContinue reading “Another thought on Grad School Funding: Ask Your Boss!”
How to Afford Grad School
First, a disclaimer! As anyone who reads this blog can tell you, I am not a financial planner. My idea of debt management is not to go into debt. Seriously. My only major loan was on our house. I pay off my credit cards and have never had a car loan. I thank my parentsContinue reading “How to Afford Grad School”
Southern Literary Festival 2015
The campus of University of North Georgia in Dahlonega made an excellent venue for this year’s Southern Literary Festival, and our small group from Mississippi University for Women had an excellent time. It was our school’s Homecoming, so only three students were able to get away. The Festival was very well run, and everything wentContinue reading “Southern Literary Festival 2015”
ATT’s Strong-Arm Tactics
Today I was surprised to come home for lunch and find the following error message when I tried to browse online: Important Message NRCM Your Internet access, including any VoIP services that utilize your Internet connection, has been temporarily suspended. Please call us as soonContinue reading “ATT’s Strong-Arm Tactics”
Are All MFA Grads the Same?
This is a follow-up post to my last one about what a Creative Writing MFA should do for you. In the wake of describing some of the goals for MUW’s new low-residency MFA, I’ve been thinking about that old saw that MFA programs have ruined literature. The idea, which has been around almost as long asContinue reading “Are All MFA Grads the Same?”
What can (should) a Creative Writing MFA do for you?
As many people will tell you, you don’t need an MFA to be a good writer. Many writers, even since the MFA became ubiquitous, have proven that point (not to mention the greats that somehow managed it before MFAs existed). So why bother (or pay for) getting a degree? The traditional wisdom used to be thatContinue reading “What can (should) a Creative Writing MFA do for you?”
AAA: Epic fail
Note: I posted the following comments on the AAA Facebook page, but the way they have it set up, those comment posts don’t get broadcast beyond their page, so all the complaints and some accounts of good service don’t have much effect in social media. So I decided to post my account of last night’sContinue reading “AAA: Epic fail”
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