Culture Quote by 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

I think in terms of educating a group of readers, MFA programs are very good. I just think the model of MFA programs in…

— Edward Hirsch

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

— Alice Mattison

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

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

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

— Edward Hirsch

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

The ghosts of Rilke and Wordsworth--along with the 300+ MFA programs, which now seem to employ all Living Poets--have misled the American public egregiously…

— Katy Lederer

MFA programs are to the world of art what gentrification is to your neighborhood.

— Sarah Schulman

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

I sold a book six years after I left an MFA program. In between, there was a lot of endurance of poverty and a…

— Chad Harbach

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

— Rita Dove