From Corporate to Creative: Leaving a Career to Pursue an MFA
A survey of writers, including the author herself, who left established careers to earn an MFA in creative writing.
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Degrees of Value: What Happens After the MFA Program?
Contributing editor Michael Bourne reconnects with eight former classmates from the MFA program at San Francisco State University to see where the degree has taken them.
The Aha! Moment: Wendy Rawlings of the MFA program at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa
In this continuing series, an MFA program director reveals which details and devices caught her eye in the personal statement of a recently admitted student.
2014 MFA Index: Further Reading
A comprehensive article about how we compiled the 2014 MFA Index of full- and low-residency programs, featured in the September/October 2013 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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Apple CEO Testifies, Salinger at Cannes, and More
Apple CEO Tim Cook testified today in front of a Senate committee to answer questions about Apple's use of tax loopholes; audiences at Cannes were given a taste of Shane Salerno's Salinger documentary; Choire Sicha looks as Blake Bailey's new biography, Farther & Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson; and other news.
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Sneak Peek at New PBS Philip Roth Documentary, Gatsby at Cannes, and More
Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby will open the Cannes Film Festival; Random House announced new terms for its new genre imprint author contracts; a roundup of AWP 2013 recaps from conference veterans Steve Almond, Roxane Gay, and Julianna Baggott; and other news.
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MFA Advice for Future Applicants, Free Valentine's Day E-Books, and More
The DOJ has approved the merger of Random House and Penguin; fourteen poets reveal their favorite love poems for Valentine’s Day; Library Lournal takes the pulse of today’s erotic fiction; and other news.
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J. D. Salinger Biography Set for Fall, Robert Frost Collection on Display, and More
Simon & Schuster will release a biography of the late J. D. Salinger this fall; Dale Smith looks at the life and work of Beat poet Diane di Prima; a feature film is in the works of Joan Didion's 1977 novel A Book of Common Prayer; and other news.
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Jonathan Ames to Adapt Bernard Malamud Stories, Reasons Poetry is Far From Dead, and More
Stephen King has released a Kindle Single; Robert Polito has been named the Poetry Foundation’s new president; Jonathan Ames and actor Jason Schwartzman are working on a film adaptation of Bernard Malamud's Pictures of Fidelman; and other news.
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James Lasdun's Stalker, David Sedaris Film, and More
James Lasdun details how it feels to be stalked by a former MFA student; Ms. magazine lists its favorite books of poetry by women for 2012; David Sedaris explains why he allowed a film adaptation of his essay “C.O.G."; and other news.
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