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    An Open Letter to White People in My MFA Program
    by Wyl Villacres
  • July 29, 2015
    Required Reading Essay Questions Written By a First-Year Adjunct Who Does Not Have the Time or Wherewithal to Do the Required Reading
    by Shay K. Azoulay
  • September 16, 2014
    So You Want to Get Into an MFA Program: A Decision Tree
    by Rafael Frumkin
  • April 29, 2014
    Teddy Wayne’s Unpopular Proverbs: Mastery
    by Teddy Wayne
  • September 26, 2013
    I Fear My Dissertation Is Not Having the World-Changing Impact I Thought It Would
    by Josh Freedman
  • July 22, 2013
    Going Where the Southern Cross the Dog: A Column About the Blues: MFA Blues
    by Jason Edward Harrington
  • July 18, 2013
    The Adjunct’s Survival Guide
    by Laura Winther
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