MFA graduates who have left the nest and are now teaching “Creative Writing” at obscure colleges experience another unexpected disillusionment, that perhaps they’re participating in an “MFA Ponzi Scheme” of sorts. There’s no way some of these students are going to “make it,” they think...
I’ve been a student in a university-run creative writing continuing education program for the last three years, so the world of MFA programs is quite foreign to me. But I’ll comment anyway. My teacher hasn’t inspired creativity in me or taught me good work habits. What he has done ...