In the first and only Chatham University Word Circus at Glitterbox Theater, I had the pleasure of being one of the evening's four featured readers. 

I read a short piece of experimental creative nonfiction titled "Anything Could Happen(TM)" and a brief essay about my home, Cincinnati.

It is always a joy and a pleasure to hear what the other MFA students have been working on and to bring out some laughs from the audience.

This summer, Chatham University MFA students gathered at our beautiful sustainable campus, Eden Hall, for ten days of writing, reading, and collaboration.

The residency included targeted genre workshops with esteemed faculty members; I had the pleasure of participating in the Nonfiction Workshop with Ira Sukrungruang. We learned a great deal from his lectures and I deeply value his feedback on my work.

Pictured here among the general fun are two separate readings I had the pleasure of giving during the event. First, I read from a work in progress at our Open Mic--you can tell from my wacky expression that it was a humor piece. Next, I had the honor of reading some work from our Words Without Walls students from the Summer 2017 class.

Finally, we ended the event with the inaugural SCW Writer Prom. This year's theme was space. We opened with a glorious lip sync battle in the Eden Hall Barn, followed by one of my favorite parts of writerly get-togethers: dancing like nobody's watching!

This summer, I got the amazing opportunity to travel and write in Iceland for 10 days over the summer as part of Chatham University's MFA Travel Seminar.

While there, I spent a lot of time writing in my travel journey and ultimately produced a lovely, melancholy essay that I'm quite proud of. I also got to experience and Icelandic bath (complete with communal shower, highly recommend) and eat fermented shark (do not recommend).

Here are a few photos from the trip.