Lisa Renze-Rhodes

Chamonix Memorixs: Part III

The Butler MFA program is growing faster than ever, and in the early summer that growth paid dividends to a handful of students who got to spend three weeks in writerly nirvana, attending intensive workshops in Chamonix, France. Part graduate workshop, part scenic vacation, part mad-science experiment, the first Chamonix Summer Writing Program was a resounding success– so much so that it is being offered again, now a permanent offering to Butler students.

Butler MFA program student Lisa Renze-RhodesIn the final part of Chamonix Memorixs, we hear from Lisa Renze-Rhodes. Just like Farhad, Lisa treated her time in Chamonix as an exploration or expedition, though maybe not quite so literally. The questions she asks herself in the beginning are ones I’m sure we’ve all asked ourselves in our broader MFA experience. And hopefully her answers in the end are in kind. Continue reading