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MFA stands for Masters of Fine Arts… and, as I’m told by some of my friends, Mother-F****n’ Artist. A little crass, yes, b..
Profiles in Gradliness: Jessie Morrison
I’ve loved Jessie Morrison’s writing since the third week of class, when our teacher read our class a story she’d started two weeks be..
FAQs: How long does a Fiction Writing MFA take?
Here’s a not-so-scientific breakdown of just how much a grad degree from Columbia College Chicago will age you!
The MFA in Creative..
FAQs: Where do grad students live?
It is possible for grad students to live on campus, and I think that they try to room grads with other grads. However, the one grad I ..
Tim O’Brien Quotes Pt. 2: The Subjectivity of Truth
Last week, I discussed the first half of this quote from the piece “Notes” in Tim O’Brien’s book, “The Things They Carried.”
By telli..
Week Links: The History Of A Short Story
This week, we bring you a very special episode of Week Links. Instead of a link to a classmate’s story, I’m sharing one of my own, “Th..
Top 5 Reasons To Be A Full-Time Grad Student
Almost half of my grad class came in as part-time students. They had good reasons: full-time jobs, families, crippling addictions to o..