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Despite decades of explosive growth, factors including financial pressure and low admissions have left many MFA programs with no choice but to close. Faculty and administrators reflect on the fallout for their communities.
“Just tell the truth.” —Kiran Bath, author of Instructions for Banno
“It seems like a necessary step to figure out how to emerge from mess to order.” —Ayşegül Savaş, author of The Anthropologists
“I have found writing to be like channeling.” —Elizabeth Scanlon, author of Whosoever Whole
“If one poem broke your heart, my next poem should uplift you.” —Tara M. Stringfellow, author of Magic Enuff
“I had to focus on readers who were moved by the same things I was.” —Ananda Lima, author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil
“Every book I read I annotate, trying to figure out the logic of the story.” —Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
“I consider notetaking to be an integral form of the writing process.” —Dorothy Chan, author of Return of the Chinese Femme
“I don’t hold myself to a rigid writing schedule but instead listen to my mind, body, and heart and write accordingly.” —Alison C. Rollins, author of Black Bell
The author of Short War offers some perspective on whether a first person narrator can enhance or inhibit a story.
