goodbye Julie Granum
One of my first posts about grad school included the note that Julie Granum “is a fine poet.” I didn’t know Julie. I didn’t know that wearing tank tops in…
Tag Archives: MFA
Beware of MFAs
Literary agent Colleen Lindsay has posted info on how to submit writing to her. She’s read 96 queries in 48 hours. Some of the worst query letters I’m seeing are,…
A quickie roundup
Hankering for the encyclopedia of country music or a very fine atlas? Oxford University Press is on sale for xmas at Amazon. Mark’s in favor of the NBCC best recommended…
O’Nan and Pancake and Lee, oh my
Monday: Stewart O’Nan reads in the evening at Pitt, in the 5th floor room where we have workshop, featuring arching gothic windows and the occasional wintry breeze. Afterwards a few…
Just when you say the name Stewart O’Nan
The man shows up and starts reading. At least that’s how it worked on Monday, when I blogged that he was coming and then he appeared later that night. O’Nan,…
the backwards academic
Why is it that in the sciences, universities try to move forward, and in the humanities, they seem obsessed with looking back? I’m considering applying to PhD programs in creative…
