tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post1669086173949408601..comments2024-03-28T02:14:08.783-07:00Comments on THE MFA BLOG: First year reflections.Tom Kealeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913868167191023096noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-30444050497930884592017-11-21T10:18:43.563-08:002017-11-21T10:18:43.563-08:00This is really good to spend your free time with s...This is really good to spend your free time with some quality work. We have a <a href="http://www.personalstatementpharmacy.com/pharmacy-school-application-cv/" rel="nofollow">cv pharmacy</a> for pharmacy students you can also join that.<a href="https://bestbritishessays.com/1clickdissertation-co-uk-review/">1 click dissertation review</a>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12438421056832648964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-59115924523056429512017-11-15T05:49:44.993-08:002017-11-15T05:49:44.993-08:00It is a very well researched and informative artic...It is a very well researched and informative article. But it is better to <a href="http://www.cowrite.biz/cowrite-with-our-professionals/" rel="nofollow">hire a ghostwriter</a> for your academic assignments and essays to save your time.<a href="https://bestbritishessays.com/1clickdissertation-co-uk-review/">1 click dissertation review</a>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12438421056832648964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-89752851444850164522017-10-02T00:30:10.878-07:002017-10-02T00:30:10.878-07:00First of all thanks for the post. In fact it is gr...First of all thanks for the post. In fact it is grand post. I do akin to your solid workings and am thankful for your notion. I can submit you another site where one can acquire huge assistances relating to learning. <a href="http://www.interactiveagencies.net/global-ranking-of-the-best-independent-ad-agencies/" rel="nofollow">best independent ad agencies</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007407894036682799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-42867332976273423102017-08-15T12:02:43.885-07:002017-08-15T12:02:43.885-07:00so nice post. thanks for share this.
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If you're still around I would love...Hey Joel,<br /><br />If you're still around I would love to hear more about U of Arizona. You can email me at kerry dot headley at gmail.comKerry Headleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09602075635546406069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-49110451928873059782009-11-15T12:36:15.926-08:002009-11-15T12:36:15.926-08:00Just finishing up my first semester at the U of Ar...Just finishing up my first semester at the U of Arizona in Fiction.<br /><br />WIth 35 second years and 25 first years (spread out over the 3 genres), it's a large, social program. There's always a reading, or a Salon, or just post-workshop drinks at some bar in Tucson.<br /><br />I'm teaching two sections of Freshman Composition, which is a heavy load, and haven't written as much as I'd liked. <br /><br />Manuel Munoz has been great, as has my craft class with Fenton Johnson.<br /><br />Every two weeks, MFA students run W.I.P (Works in Progress), which I read a few pieces of flash for a month ago.<br /><br />Robert Boswell and Antonya Nelson came for a reading one week (former alums), and there's always submissions to read for the Sonora Review.<br /><br />If anyone's interested in U of A, please don't hesitate to contact me. It's a full life down here in the Sonoran Desert.<br /><br />-Joel SmithJoelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501236278085922374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-10400624383878455952009-07-08T07:29:00.200-07:002009-07-08T07:29:00.200-07:00Hello everyone:
I'm starting the fiction prog...Hello everyone:<br /><br />I'm starting the fiction program at New School in August. It's been 5 years since my undergrad and I've been working ever since.<br /><br />I have so many concerns about making a big move (I'm coming from Miami) working, balancing the program and producing good material. <br /><br />I would greatly appreciate some advice or shared experience about living/working (probably full time) and managing an MFA program in a city such as NY. <br /><br />Is it unrealistic to think I need to get another job comparable to my pay and responsibilities now? Can anyone give me a suggestion as to how they balance everything?<br /><br />I feel like I am so far behind and unprepared for what's coming... any advice is appreciated. <br /><br />Anyone at the NewSchool this year?Percyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11773451798189288888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-1999277411090958982009-06-18T11:41:58.052-07:002009-06-18T11:41:58.052-07:00I was looking forward to hearing about first years...I was looking forward to hearing about first years' experience....I guess they must be busy busy busy! :) Guess I'll find out in a couple months!Besshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422228819887965146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-61986936598158805012009-06-01T06:47:37.061-07:002009-06-01T06:47:37.061-07:00That's a good point, Vince, about sending work out...That's a good point, Vince, about sending work out. I guess this might sound obvious, but nobody is going to push you to do that...at least, I haven't felt much pushing aside from my own desire to revise/submit, revise/submit, revise/submit.<br /><br />I should also add another "reflection": I left a corporate career and wondered if a full residency program would <I>really</I> offer as much as I hoped. And what I found is that being in such a creative and nurturing environment helped me develop my stories more than I could have in my pre-MFA home. I know that because I'm back in my old hometown now, and that cool creative feeling has apparently stayed behind in Nashville.<br /><br />I think what I enjoyed most was attending readings by visiting writers. I find poetry readings particularly inspiring (I think being away from fiction turns off my analytical side), and there's a definite sense of energy around events like that.<br /><br />Again, I'm Mr. Obvious today! But if anyone out there is having the same doubts/fears I did (particularly after leaving a career, family, established home behind), well, I'm one person who wouldn't change a thing. It's been great.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16420716275835031859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-4256350146511836362009-05-31T10:38:10.989-07:002009-05-31T10:38:10.989-07:00Use the down time to do research and work that wil...Use the down time to do research and work that will not get done in the classrooms. Send out submissions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11939556181617016148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-47036159858989377252009-05-31T05:47:37.185-07:002009-05-31T05:47:37.185-07:00write, write more, and then write even more. also...write, write more, and then write even more. also, mail out work in the mean time. no one will read your work without you taking the first step.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11939556181617016148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-40664035172627118902009-05-29T13:16:51.715-07:002009-05-29T13:16:51.715-07:00Well, I will begin because few have said anything ...Well, I will begin because few have said anything about my program and, when it is mentioned, it is usually spoken of in a negative sense. So, I just finished my first year at Columbia University and it was almost frighteningly amazing.<br /><br />When I began at Columbia U I noticed many of my cohorts were very well published and some even anthologized. This was off-putting in that I am 24 and my work has appeared in a single not so well known lit journal. Yet I immediately noticed that each student; from those who are considerably older than me and have taught at Universities to those who were younger than me and even more new to poetry were both open, excited to share, and amazingly nice in terms of critique (but also quite firm when necessary).<br /><br />The faculty was yet another pleasant surprise. Mark Strand was definitely a difficult teacher to please but even he never cut anyone's head off for not meeting his expectations. His fellow Pulitzer prize winner, Richard Howard, was even more excited to read the work of his students and engage with them. With Tim Donelly, Marie Howe, Josh Bell, Tarcy K. Smith, and Mark Bibbins I had similarly wonderful experiences. With so many speakers, lectures, and visiting teachers coming to Columbia and the NYC area I really could not imagine being more immersed in poetry than I now am.<br /><br />Honestly, the cost is a detractor from Columbia but with the legion of teaching spots (CU and C.A.T.), internships, fellowships, and grants even that was easily overcome by me and my cohorts. I honestly love it at Columbia and am grateful for all the doors it has opened up to me. I would really like to hear how other people feel about their experience at other programs.Lautreamonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14067145065971034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-44855155515460823612009-05-29T09:23:05.692-07:002009-05-29T09:23:05.692-07:00I'll be starting a program in August, and I think ...I'll be starting a program in August, and I think it would be super helpful to hear from people who've just finished the first year.<br /><br />Is there anything you wish you'd known, or done, before starting? Or anything you wish you'd done differently that first semester or first year?Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02608421232179032744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-54747574324235665482009-05-28T19:35:13.474-07:002009-05-28T19:35:13.474-07:00Love this idea. As someone who hasn't even applied...Love this idea. As someone who hasn't even applied yet, I am curious to hear all about others' experiences. Please share!Kerry Headleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09602075635546406069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-35085861700409143882009-05-28T14:47:17.883-07:002009-05-28T14:47:17.883-07:00Great idea, Alex! I would definitely like to hear...Great idea, Alex! I would definitely like to hear from those who have been through their first year! It would be very valuable in my opinion. Thanks!Besshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422228819887965146noreply@blogger.com