I'm planning to write a reflective post at the end of this semester on what it's been like to be a third-year MFA student. (Busy! More details to come!) In the meantime, I wanted to address something that's been on my mind. To be clear, I don't know of any fully-funded MFA's that include an… Continue reading Being in a Fully Funded MFA Is Not the Same as Earning a Living Wage
Hello! I'm R. Cross and I’m currently in my first semester as an MFA candidate in Fiction at the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at The University of Michigan. I’ve applied to MFA programs on four separate occasions (in ‘13, ‘14, ‘16, and ‘17) and attended the MFA program at Southern Illinois University for the… Continue reading Greetings from HZWP
Do you read poetry out loud or in your head? Do you read so slowly you lose interest or so quickly you have motions sickness by the end of the poem? Is it okay to space-out during a reading? Are boredom and confusion acceptable experiences to have when, say, you read a poem that doesn’t… Continue reading On Reading Poetry and Poetry Readings
