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Hi, my name is Clayton Clark.  I'm a first-year poet in the MFA program and also a part of the surprisingly large Missouri collective (St. Louis!).  And no...Nelly was not my neighbor, in case you were wondering.

I'm going to follow Ben here.  Things I like:

tennis shoes

stand up comedy

October

running

punk rock

narrative poetry

Still afraid to try the hyperlink thing.  Baby steps.  I'll get there eventually.  I look forward to meeting you all soon if not already.

Clayton

Wednesday Slideshow

Tory from LA...says "Hey!"

Hi there, I'm Tory Adkisson. I am a first year poet in the MFA program here at OSU. My three greatest loves in life are dinosaur comics, the Final Fantasy series of console role-playing games (particularly VII), and, of course, poems (poems such as this, this, this, and this). I am very eager to teach people that are only marginally younger than myself and be either the hip younger teacher, or the insufferable wunderkind know-it-all. Whatever works.

Sara's Video Post

I decided to do a video blog for my first post. With everyone else doing text (or audio) intros, I feel a little narcissistic putting my face out there. I suppose the video speaks for itself, so enjoy the awkwardness!



Also, do I REALLY sound like that? Hehe.

Oh Hello.

My name is Evan Thomas. I'm a first-year MA from Dayton, Ohio. I like Dayton, but I like other things, too, such as comic books, science fiction, and regular-type fiction. I've worn a suit to class the past two days, and this pattern shows no sign of breaking.

If you've sat next to me, you may have noticed that I doodle. I keep focused by keeping my hands busy, usually practicing calligraphy. I learned calligraphy from my grandfather and a stack of magazines. Today I was thinking about the calligrapher Ewan Clayton, so I practiced the word "blessed" in some variations on Gaellic and Germanic letters.

Ewan Clayton wrote one of my favorite quotes about paper. He said,

"...I realized that written bits of paper enable certain kinds of human activity to take place. This may take the form of artistic appreciation, but it may take the form of a shopping list or a prayer, its function may be to provide a meeting place so that certain thing can happen."

These are my doodles from today.

P.S. My wife says I forgot to mention her. I'm the husband of Erica Haugtvedt.

Feels like the first time, probably because it is.

Apologies, all.

*Nothing inappropriate was meant by describing potential students as "exposed to their peers." This is why I write and don't vlog.

Ben Glass

A little about myself:

I believe in miracles.

I like gypsy punk.

My favorite poet is James Wright.