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MFA Dispatch by Sara Gilbert: My Experience as a Graduate Student in Creative Writing: Part II

11/5/2019

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MFA Dispatch by Sara Gilbert

Because of the difficult second year of my MFA, I didn’t go straight through to my Ph. D. Instead, I took a year off, finishing up my thesis and looking into different options. I applied for several teaching positions at universities all over the country. I went to creative writing conferences. I took freelance jobs. But none of that was really what I wanted. I’d learned in Dublin that an author only makes about ten cents for every copy sold, and I knew that wasn’t a stand-alone career option, unless I wanted my parents to support me for the rest of my life.

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MFA Dispatch by Melanie Faith: When’s the Right Time to Pursue an MFA?

7/11/2019

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As novelist Zora Neal Hurston so beautifully stated: “There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”

“What if I don’t ever return to school?” I remember bemoaning on a fast-food run with my best friend, also age 22. That was my key question, and deepest fear, that year.

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MFA Dispatch by Sara Gilbert: My Experience as a Graduate Student in Creative Writing: Part I

5/9/2019

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The Beginning
Every once in a while it hits me that I’m almost done with the first year of my Ph. D. in Creative Writing at a school that people have actually heard of and one that has a decent reputation. Earlier this week, I had a memory pop up on my social media account that said: “ONE YEAR AGO TODAY:” followed by a post I wrote declaring my commitment to Oklahoma State University. For someone who never expected to go to

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MFA Dispatch by Kelly Lynn Thomas : What Money Can (and Can’t) Buy

4/2/2019

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Should you get an MFA? Only you can answer that question, based on your goals, life situation, and what particular programs might offer you.

But should you pay for an MFA? There’s a question that’s sure to spark a heated conversation. Many, well-known writers (and plenty of lesser known ones) will tell you flat out that no, you should never, pay for an MFA.

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MFA Dispatch: A Few Thoughts on the MFA by Will Clattenburg

2/2/2019

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MFAs, Their Utility, Etc.

Anything that gets you writing is a good thing. Taken in that light, I’m happy that I spent 3 years earning an MFA. Was the MFA degree totally useful? Probably not. Then again, I didn’t apply for or accept an MFA thinking I would use it as an academic stepping stone to a Ph.D or something like that—I know some people do. But my writing and life philosophy is that after a certain amount of years in school it’s best to move

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MFA Dispatch by Sara Gilbert: My Experience as a Graduate Student in Creative Writing: Part II

NUNUM - Blending Flash Fiction & Art

MFA Dispatch by Sara Gilbert

MFA Dispatch by Melanie Faith: When’s the Right Time to Pursue an MFA?

MFA Dispatch by Sara Gilbert: My Experience as a Graduate Student in Creative Writing: Part I

MFA Dispatch by Kelly Lynn Thomas : What Money Can (and Can’t) Buy

MFA Dispatch: A Few Thoughts on the MFA by Will Clattenburg

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