Your work is really marketable, you know, with the #MeToo movement and all. Yes, a male poetry professor actually said this to me my first semester in a MFA creative writing program. In hindsight, one goal of every MFA from a technical standpoint is to create authors that are marketable. More money equals bigger names…
We\’ve all spent nights gazing at the stars, yearning to know what lies beyond our atmosphere. Science fiction fulfills that childhood wonder, hurtling us across galaxies and thrusting us into societies lightyears ahead of our own. But beneath the dazzling space battles lies a deeper current – a potent exploration of political philosophy. This exploration…
‘Imitation may outpace authenticity, but authenticity outlasts imitation.’ In a world where every idea is copy pasted and cultivated into ‘trends’, it’s hard to find a place for your niche while making it worthwhile. The thought of not being successful drives people away from merely trying to put it out in the world. In the confined box that…