by Kevin Spenst | Oct 28, 2010 | grad school at UBC, poetry
These past two months of the second year of my MFA at UBC have been rich with reading and writing. I’m in Rhea Tregebov’s immensely instructive poetry class where I’m surrounded by all sorts of talent. Ben Rawluk is a poet who inflates...
by Kevin Spenst | Sep 18, 2010 | grad school at UBC, poetry, writing advice
Round-two of my MFA in Creative Writing is underway and I’m once again lucky enough to be surrounded by a host of superlatively talented people. As part of a new series of posts at Poetic Edits, I’m pleased to introduce one of them to you. Melissa...
by Kevin Spenst | Mar 3, 2010 | creative non-fiction, grad school at UBC
What’s the difference between a blog posting and a personal essay? As I review a series of essays for my creative non-fiction class at UBC, this question comes to mind. I review the points provided in our course pack by our ever-thorough (and enthusiastic)...
by Kevin Spenst | Dec 11, 2009 | grad school at UBC, just me talking to you, writing advice
I got up this morning and finished the teaching outline for the AMS mini-school application at UBC. They contacted me yesterday after a two month wait with the news that I’d been short-listed and now they were interested in seeing a syllabus I’d use for...
by Kevin Spenst | Nov 13, 2009 | grad school at UBC, poetry, writing advice
While there are tons of benefits to grad school, the downside is not having time for extras. Dear reader, you are certainly more than an extra, but what I’m saying is that I’ve been inundated with writing, reading, marking, blah, blah, etc. All the balls...
by Kevin Spenst | Oct 8, 2009 | grad school at UBC, poetry
So a couple weeks into poetry 510 and I learn from a classmate that she has a collection of poems entitled Sumac’s Red Arms. I ask her for a copy and the next week, I’m holding a lovely book in my hands. The poems are the fruition of ten years working on...
