Farewell, As It Were

After four years of blogging, As It Were is going the way of American newspapers. Or rather, its best content has moved to a new platform, Dispatches, which will focus primarily on writing. Visit RBM there for creative nonfiction, research on the teaching of writing, dispatches from abroad, and other texts.

Real English Graduate Students, at a Symposium Near You

On Saturday, April 4, Colorado State University's English Department will host its annual Graduate Literary Criticism Symposium. Below you'll find the full schedule of on-campus panels, which are free and open to the public.

Update: Here you can view or download a preview of RBM's contribution: "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale; or, Into the Wild."

Rocky Mountain National Park + Bear Lake

Slideshow: Snowshoes, sunshine, and a juggler.

Holiday Fare, Direct from Guatemala

My dad's trip back home produced a duffel bag full of food with equal parts flavor and memory. On the kitchen table: champurradas, black beans, coffee, salsa, chimol, and a medley of spices for dipping fruit.