[New-Poetry] MFA

[TheOldMole]

I guess I'm one of those lucky few who studied with people who became my 
idols, one in an MFA program and the other as an undergraduate.

The closest I came to studying with a pre-existing idol was Philip Roth, and 
that was a positive experience too.


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From: "David Graham" <grahamd at ripon.edu>
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Subject: [New-Poetry] MFA


>
> Not all MFA programs, instructors, or workshops are the same.  Since the 
> MFA
> can mean anything from a 3 year/60 credit hour experience to a
> correspondence course with a few brief "residencies," many generalizations
> are suspect.
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