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The Seamy Side of MFAs
All right, here’s a hoary old subject that has been done to death: MFA programs — are they valid? The most recent incarnation of this question has been brought to you courtesy of Lionel Shriver, who tells Big Think that, despite having gone through an MFA program herself, and having had what appears to have [… Read More]
Kamiak Butte
Turned in my new story. And actually, I’m heading out to turn the same story in again, this time as a writing sample to get into a class taught by Steve Almond. I’m pretty excited about it (the class, not the story. I have mixed feelings about the story.). So now maybe I have a [… Read More]
Big, Two-Hearted River
Further updates from the University of Idaho Hemingway Festival… Last night I went to hear Michael Dahlie, assorted U of I faculty, and a Hemingway scholar discuss their favorite Hemingway stories. It was a lively discussion, but one point they kept returning to was the whole “iceberg theory” of fiction… Hemingway’s idea that you can [… Read More]
Graceful Living
Just got back from a question and answer session with Michael Dahlie, the winner of the 2009 Hemingway Foundation/PEN award and author of A Gentleman’s Guide to Graceful Living. I have to say, I really enjoyed the session. Mr. Dahlie showed an tremendous skill for answering all the various questions about process and getting an [… Read More]
Momento Mori
Second day of class was pretty terrific! I know I’ll be singing a different tune next week, when the work actually kicks in, but so far, grad school is fun! But I spotted this forlorn-looking nature morte between classes and it made me sad. Seriously, who is responsible for this crime against chocolate-covered waferdom? What [… Read More]
Border Crossing
I’ve lived most of my life in Providence, RI, where we used to joke that you couldn’t go to the movies without leaving the state. Rhode Island, after all, is the littlest state in the union, and so it is necessarily cozy with its neighbors. When I made the decision to move out west for [… Read More]