By Jonathan Rutan
With my return to school as a graduate student seeking a Master of Arts in English at the University of Montevallo, I desired only a few things: To increase my knowledge of the written word, to broaden my horizons as a student of the arts, and to make connections with teachers, students, and staff that would further allow me to gain insight into a world I already understood that I knew very little about. However, I expected only to succeed in all of this through studies of different subjects, through texts from authors long dead or just beginning in their careers—perhaps through a nice lunch or two with a new friend. Never did I think that by becoming an intern for the Alabama Writers’ Forum would I ever be offered an even greater chance to learn more about myself—and about the world—than I ever imagined. Read More…
