Ever wonder what a typical MFA student’s semester looks like? We hope the variety of answers below will give you some idea of the classes we’ve taken this fall, and how our time is divided between teaching/working and being a student.
Fiction
J.R. Dawson
University of Southern Maine – Stonecoast
Mine works a tad different because I’m at a low-res. This semester, I’m working on a steampunk YA novel with David Anthony Durham. I have a reading list and 25 pages due every month.
Sarah Abbott
University of Kentucky
Tuesdays
2:00-3:15 pm
Intro to Imaginative Writing (TA grading assignment)5:00-7:30 pm
WorkshopThursdays
2:00-3:15 pm
Intro to Imaginative Writing (TA grading assignment)3:30-4:45 pm
Modern Irish Poetry
Jennifer Obi
Northern Arizona University
Mondays
3:00-5:30 pm
Fiction Writing Workshop7:00-9:30 pm
Graduate Literary StudiesThursdays
12:45-3:15 pm
Workshop in Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Caitlin Neely
University of Virginia
Mondays
2:00-4:30 pm
Poetry workshopTuesdays
1:00-3:15 pm
The Poetics of Ecstasy
Gillian Douple
Columbia College Chicago
Mondays
Work in the Writing Center
Tuesdays
Work in the Writing Center
Wednesdays
1:00-4:50 pm
Project-Based Poetics (studies projects/create your own project)6:00-9:50 pm
MFA Workshop IThursdays
Composition Theory and Praxis
Non-fiction
Martina Clark
Stony Brook University—Southampton and Manhattan campuses
Tuesdays
2:20-5:10 pm
Special Topic: What We Write About When We Write About Love
Wednesdays
5:20-8:10 pm
Forms of Fiction: NovelThursdays
5:20-8:10 pm
Forms of Creative Nonfiction: Memoir
Whittier Strong
University of Alaska-Fairbanks
Sundays
3:00-6:00 pm
Tutoring in Writing CenterTuesdays
9:45-11:45 am
Teaching: Introduction to Academic WritingWednesdays
2:15-5:15 pm
American Realism and Modernism
Topic: The role of money in literature6:00-9:00 pm
Nonfiction Writers’ WorkshopThursdays
9:45-11:45 am
Introduction to Academic Writing (teaching)2:00-4:00 pm
Tutoring in Writing Center6:00-7:30 pm
Until Thanksgiving. 1/3 of the class is being conducted online the summer prior.
Teaching College CompositionFridays
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Office hours
Minda Honey
University of California, Riverside
Wednesdays
10:10-1:00 pm
Writer’s Life: Lit Strat&Struct2:10-5:00 pm
Creative NonfictionThursdays
11:10-2:00 pm
Special Topics: Regional Fiction
