If You Persistently Fulminate Against MFA Programs, There Is A Good Chance You Are Insane
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Brett Puryear Makes the Case for Literary Craft
Dear Republic, Brett Puryear takes the other side of the coin in our MFA exchange. Without taking away from anything in Autumn Widdoes’ horror story, Brett had a positive experience: built a community, improved his writing, and, it seems, caught a lot of trout. The best argument that not all is rotten in MFA-land: that Brett’s piece is very well-written. -ROL IF YOU PERSISTENTLY FULMINATE AGAINST MFA PROGRAMS, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE YOU ARE INSANE I held my MFA thesis reading at a roomy, warehouse-style coffee shop in Missoula, Montana, in the spring of 2015, standing at a podium…
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