Author: J.D.

writer and occasional editor.

2023: The Retrospective

This has been a year of doing and being done. I completed my thesis and graduated with my Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and a 4.0 GPA. I taught a creative writing workshop for the first time and hopefully not the last. Over the course of teaching, I...

2022: The Retrospective

It’s the end of the year and we are finally getting some cooler weather. Most of the country is not too pleased about this right now, but here in Florida, I’m very grateful. I’ve been literally sweating this whole year. This summer, I started working on the poems that are...

The 2020/2021 Memory Jar Project

Contents (from left to right, top to bottom): Omamori charm of Sakuna from Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Katamari face mask from my sister Christmas cats pop-up gift box also from my sister Folded-up letter of acceptance to FAU’s MFA in Creative Writing program Schedule of orientation for FAU’s new...