Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! One week in 2016 when I was 44, I decided why not get an MFA. Even though I already had an MA in English as a Second Language and a PhD in Applied Linguistics and was full-time faculty, I applied to Columbia University’s creative writing program, and […]
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! By Tamara MC Dr. Tamara MC is an Applied Linguist and Middle Eastern Studies scholar. She researches and writes about women and spirituality, specifically her hybrid identity of growing up simultaneously Jewish and Muslim on a Sufi commune in Texas. She attended Columbia University for an MFA in both […]
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! Tamara MC—Poetry I’m nobody, who are you?— Emily Dickinson Diss-HER-tation speaking: I am a collage. I am a woven fabric. I am past. I am present. I am future. I am a scrapbook. I am a note. I am a list. I am an altar. * I repeat […]