Posts Tagged ‘advice’
An Open Letter to My MFA Students
Last night, we celebrated another MFA graduating class at The Ohio State University. I feel compelled, then, to rerun this post from twelve years ago. I used to have an office with a long window ledge where I kept photos of each of you, my thesis advisees, and me at Epilog, the end-of-the-year gala reading…
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As I approach my 70th birthday (fewer than four months to go!), I find myself looking back at all the years of teaching and writing with an eye toward what I think I’ve learned. Here’s my list. I pass it along in case some of you might find it useful as you consider your own…
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