MFA programs are to the world of art what gentrification is to your neighborhood. — Sarah Schulman Copy Share Image
Genre/forms are institutional questions mainly. Like matter to MFA programs in terms of which workshop you can teach. — Juliana Spahr Copy Share Image
The very good thing about MFA programs is their democratizing. They bring a lot of different people to the table. — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I never really had novel-writing instruction like people do in MFA programs. — Jess Row Copy Share Image
Being part of a community of writers is huge. I really think that's why people go to MFA programs. — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
I think the MFA programs have had a real effect on the state of American fiction, but I don't think it's a… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
The effects of MFA programs, and the rise of creative writing instruction more generally, are far more diffuse than people think. Even… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
I think that the dark side of MFA programs is that they're generating more poets than the culture can absorb and there… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I would be happier if people who went through MFA programs also were already, by then, deeply committed readers of poetry because… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I think in terms of educating a group of readers, MFA programs are very good. I just think the model of MFA… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
If you're part of any kind of writerly community, some of those people will have gone through MFA programs, and their thinking… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
Every once in a while someone says, 'You can't really learn anything, if you're really a writer then you wouldn't need to… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
My god, people are selling their work and people are reading it! The horror! That MFA programs have to advertise that they'll… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
