Mfa

It's Christmas: Don't Get an MFA -- Write a Story, Win a Prize

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 12.18.2009 | Books


Elizabeth Benedict

Plenty of writers proceed without courses, without MFAs. They read voraciously, and learn about writing from reading, the way we learned to write before there were courses in it.

Writing Self, Best Self?

Melanie Drane | Posted 10.16.2009 | Books


Melanie Drane

Through writing we may access our most alert, best self, and perhaps that's what makes the work so irresistible, despite the uncertainty of employment or publication.

Can You Teach Creative Writing?

newyorker.com | Louis Menand | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living


Creative-writing programs are designed on the theory that students who have never published a poem can teach other students who have never published a...

So You Want To Be A Writer

John Lundberg | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


John Lundberg

Whether you're dreaming of writing the great American novel or you've just got a few poems you're trying to publish, you'd be surprised at the wealth of options available to help you improve and mature as a writer.