http://fictionwritersreview.com/interviews/creative-writing-and-the-university-an-interview-with-mark-mcgurl fiction matters Tue, 22 May 2012 13:51:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://fictionwritersreview.com/interviews/creative-writing-and-the-university-an-interview-with-mark-mcgurl/comment-page-1#comment-16662 Fiction Writers Review » Blog Archive » [Reviewlet] This Will Be Difficult to Explain, by Johanna Skibsrud Tue, 08 May 2012 20:10:30 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=5725#comment-16662 [...] the country, which venerate short story writers, since that form is easier to teach (according to Mark McGurl, M.F.A. programs in the U.S. have grown by over 673% since 1975). Some examples of successful [...] [...] the country, which venerate short story writers, since that form is easier to teach (according to Mark McGurl, M.F.A. programs in the U.S. have grown by over 673% since 1975). Some examples of successful [...]

]]> http://fictionwritersreview.com/interviews/creative-writing-and-the-university-an-interview-with-mark-mcgurl/comment-page-1#comment-9639 Fiction Writers Review » Blog Archive » Grunge Rock, Nabokov, and the Threat of Nuclear Apocalypse: An Interview with Tyler McMahon Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:04:12 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=5725#comment-9639 [...] during the recent kerfuffle over MFA programs. I haven’t read The Program Era, though I did read some interviews with the author and found his insights to be interesting and balanced. I thought the NYC/MFA article also was full [...] [...] during the recent kerfuffle over MFA programs. I haven’t read The Program Era, though I did read some interviews with the author and found his insights to be interesting and balanced. I thought the NYC/MFA article also was full [...]

]]> http://fictionwritersreview.com/interviews/creative-writing-and-the-university-an-interview-with-mark-mcgurl/comment-page-1#comment-8369 Fiction Writers Review » Blog Archive » Teaching, Writing, and Art. Or, the Art of Teaching Writing Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:15:23 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=5725#comment-8369 [...] Stewart Atwell’s interview with Mark McGurl (author of The Program [...] [...] Stewart Atwell’s interview with Mark McGurl (author of The Program [...]

]]> http://fictionwritersreview.com/interviews/creative-writing-and-the-university-an-interview-with-mark-mcgurl/comment-page-1#comment-4850 Fiction Writers Review » Blog Archive » Does the Writing Workshop Still Work?, ed. Diane Donnelly Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:14:02 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=5725#comment-4850 [...] Previously on FWR: Read Mary Stewart Atwell’s interview with Mark McGurl, author of The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing. (And we just [...] [...] Previously on FWR: Read Mary Stewart Atwell’s interview with Mark McGurl, author of The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing. (And we just [...]

]]> http://fictionwritersreview.com/interviews/creative-writing-and-the-university-an-interview-with-mark-mcgurl/comment-page-1#comment-3301 Laura Roberts Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:01:54 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=5725#comment-3301 Oh, wow, this is definitely going on my "to read" list. I'm really interested in MFA programs in the U.S. (especially having received a writing degree in Canada), and the whole concept of trying to teach something creative is a topic I wrestle with often. Can this be "learned" in an MFA? Or is that MFA just time you are given to write, to explore, and to be as creative as you can? Sounds like a really interesting book. Oh, wow, this is definitely going on my “to read” list. I’m really interested in MFA programs in the U.S. (especially having received a writing degree in Canada), and the whole concept of trying to teach something creative is a topic I wrestle with often. Can this be “learned” in an MFA? Or is that MFA just time you are given to write, to explore, and to be as creative as you can? Sounds like a really interesting book.

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