Ryah Cooley Cole is an award winning writer and a high school English teacher based on the Central Coast of California. She is most interested in bringing diverse stories to her readers and students.

The one and only graduate program I applied to for the Spring 2010 semester has invited me to an interview. This is the required second and final step in the application process and means I passed the ...

Samantha Sheetz is currently in her second year at the University of Pennsylvania’s Master's program in Counseling and Mental Health Services. In this interview, I asked Samantha to respond to ...

We’ve taken a look through the wealth of episodes in the Hello PhD back catalog, a fantastic podcast series created and hosted by Josh Hall and Daniel Arneman, to share some of our favorite episodes ...

Infused with the holiday spirit as I am right now, it just doesn’t seem like the time to write about testosterone-tainted leadership or the physiological effects of cyberwar. Instead, I’m going to ...

The following is an excerpt from the anthology “Should I Go to Grad School,” which comes out from Bloomsbury this week. SHEILA HETI: Why are you so interested in MFAs and whether they’re a good idea ...