TMP: What do you think can only be learned by serving as an EIC vs. All in all, this has taught me how to be craftier in my research, and that connections are incredibly important across the board. Unfortunately, however, since the teachings are on such a macroscale–meaning that they are designed to aid you if you work at a big company–not everything was translatable. TB: Besides giving me the push to plan for social media, my coursework has inspired me to look into different business opportunities for the magazine. TMP: How has the degree helped you as EIC of the winnow? As for creative writing, I wouldn’t say this program necessarily helped me, as I did not take a single creative writing course at NYUSPS, but the focus on magazine media did inspire the last packet of poems I wrote. Essentially, it helped me become a better business-oriented writer, which has, in turn, helped with social media posts. TB: I learned how to write ad copy as well as long-form and short-form content. TMP: How has the MS degree helped you as a writer? We haven’t hosted once since 2020, but we plan to host another workshop in the future. The major reason for the increase, besides activity/engagement, was potentially due to the first event the brand ever held: a writing workshop. By the end of the next term, the winnow had approximately 1000 followers. At that time, which was the fall of 2019, the winnow had approximately 400 followers. The lessons from that class coupled with the ~10x increased activity ended up paying off. Tommy Blake: In the first marketing course I took at NYUSPS, I made every effort in my final assignment to increase the number of the winnow Twitter followers and social media engagement. The Minison Project: How has having a master’s degree in publishing impacted your relationship with the lit community? Tommy offers their unique perspective on their Publishing Master’s journey and how it has helped them in the indie lit mag community! Interview Questions: Tommy is currently contemplating compulsory cishet and ambiguous trauma through horror titles. Also, they wrote about the Internet in Trick Mirror or Your Computer Screen, and then their cat in Peanut auditions as Courage. They superimposed music and motels onto their poetry chapbooks MIXTAPES and swerve, respectively. They have a BA in English Literature from Waynesburg University and an MS in Publishing from New York University: School of Professional Studies. Tommy Blake (they/them) is the Editor-in-Chief & Founder of the winnow, poetry editor of Dollar Store Magazine, a poetry reader for Persephone’s Daughters, and a poetry reader for Variant Literature.
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