The Debutante Ball

Seven debut authors. Seven books. One big dance toward publication.

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Tag: MFA

  • Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2020Wednesday, May 13, 2020
  • by Yodassa Williams

Creating My Customized Writing Education

Growing up, I knew I had an overwhelming passion for reading and writing. But as a first generation daughter of…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2020Tuesday, May 12, 2020
  • by Karen Osborne

Make Your Own MFA

I’m going to cut to the chase. I firmly believe that there are only two things you really need to…

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  • Posted on Monday, May 11, 2020Sunday, May 10, 2020
  • by Lisa Braxton

The Writer’s Education—MFA versus NYC

In a widely read essay entitled “MFA vs NYC,” bestselling novelist Chad Harbach (The Art of Fielding) argued that the…

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  • Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2018Tuesday, April 24, 2018
  • by Julie Clark

Julie’s MFA Program in Books (Favorites in Parentheses)

  I don’t have an MFA. I have a masters….in education administration. Occasionally, I will wonder if I shouldn’t do…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2018Monday, April 23, 2018
  • by Kimmery Martin

An Eloquent Defense of Writing Degrees (Not Written By Kimmery)

This week’s topic is “MFA and Writing Classes” and I’ve got precious little to say here. It’s probably glaringly apparent…

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  • Posted on Friday, September 16, 2016Thursday, September 15, 2016
  • by Tiffany D. Jackson

How a Film Nerd became an Author

This past March I attended the AWP Conference in LA. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s a four day…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2016Tuesday, September 13, 2016
  • by Lynn K Hall

MFA, Schm-MFA…and Other Reasons Why I’m the Unlikeliest of Authors

I’ve always been a reader. My first word was “book,” and some of my most treasured childhood memories are from…

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  • Posted on Monday, September 12, 2016Monday, September 12, 2016
  • by Crystal King

I Did It My Way or The Importance of the Liberal Arts

Last week I was reading an article in the Washington Post about how my generation has been churning out helicopter parents who…

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  • Posted on Friday, September 18, 2015Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Aya de Leon

Confessions of an MFA Dropout…Who Eventually Finished

I have been loving the MFA conversation this week. The fact that I get to weigh in last feels almost…

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  • Posted on Thursday, September 17, 2015Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Abby Fabiaschi

My piecemeal writing education…

My honors English teacher turned me into a lifetime reader. She talked about characters as if they were real, as…

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