Posts Tagged ‘MFA’
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…
Read MoreEgo and the MFA
It’s MFA thesis defense season here at Ohio State, which always reminds me of my own MFA experience at the University of Arkansas. So much of my education as a writer was a process of becoming aware of how much I didn’t know. At the time, it was often discouraging to realize just how humbling…
Read MoreLife after the MFA
This is the time of year, nearing graduation, when a number of newly minted MFAs find themselves wondering what their futures hold. They’ve put in their time. They’ve written and studied and taught. They’ve practiced their craft. Many have even published in a few journals. On the whole, they’re writing better than they did when…
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