Bits Quote by Edward Hirsch

I did go to an MFA program, at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. For me, it worked perfectly. It was a small program.…

— Anthony Doerr

I think that the dark side of MFA programs is that they're generating more poets than the culture can absorb and there are more…

— Edward Hirsch

I would be happier if people who went through MFA programs also were already, by then, deeply committed readers of poetry because we need…

— Edward Hirsch

The effects of MFA programs, and the rise of creative writing instruction more generally, are far more diffuse than people think. Even if you're…

— Chad Harbach

Being part of a community of writers is huge. I really think that's why people go to MFA programs.

— Alice Mattison

After finishing my undergraduate work at the University of Iowa, where I took creative writing classes taught by Writer's Workshop students, I applied to…

— Andrew Shaffer

The MFA program did one great thing for me: It taught me how to be a better reader and critic. Nothing I wrote during…

— Dinaw Mengestu

My god, people are selling their work and people are reading it! The horror! That MFA programs have to advertise that they'll let you…

— Tod Goldberg

If you're part of any kind of writerly community, some of those people will have gone through MFA programs, and their thinking leaks into…

— Chad Harbach

I have an MFA in writing. It is debatable if they are right for everyone, but I had a mentor who really changed my…

— Rob Roberge

My first MFA was in poetry, and it was very much part of a professional trajectory leading to life as a professor. But in…

— Garth Greenwell

The very good thing about MFA programs is their democratizing. They bring a lot of different people to the table.

— Edward Hirsch