Audio Post - University of Texas El Paso Bilingual MFA, An Interview with Department Chair Johnny Payne Posted on May 1st
“ CLICK PLAY BUTTON TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW [display_podcast] Earlier in the week I had the pleasure of talking with Johnny Payne, the Chair of the Department of Creative Writing at the University of Texas El Paso. The MFA at UTEP is an interesting program becasue it is the first and only fully bilingual MFA. The program offers Spanish speakers the opportunity to study creative writing, as well as work with mentors in their native language, and it is also an extremely interesting linguistic opportunity for native English speakers who speak Spanish. As I interviewed Mr Payne, he outlined how the bilingual MFA came about, as well as what exactly a bilingual MFA program consists of. We talked about the philosophy of a "boarderless" university, and ...”Editing Series 4 - Dialogue
“ Some people, and some craft books claim that dialogue is more difficult to write then narration or action. Personally, I ...” Continue
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Editing Series 3 - Characterization and How We Meet People
“ Q. How do we meet people in real life? A. A little at a time, gradually getting to know them over ...” Continue
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Who Was The Greatest Novelist in the English Language?
“ This is our answer to the recent question we posted on Twitter: JOSEPH CONRAD What is your response? Leave us a ...” Continue
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University of New Mexico Student Blog
“ The MFA Students of the Creative Writing Program at the University of New Mexico have started The Creative Writing Blog. There ...” Continue
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Editing Series 2 - Show/Tell Dilemma
“ This is probably the most talked about situation that a writer faces, and there are many books which try to ...” Continue
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Editing Series 1 - Why Self-Edit?
“ "I suppose some editors are failed writers; but so are most writers." --T.S. Eliot This is the first in a series ...” Continue
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Ph.D in Creative Writing - Ohio University
“ Although not an MFA program, Ohio University offers a M.A. and a Ph.D in creative writing. Ohio University is one of ...” Continue
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Low-Residency MFA Thoughts Response - Spalding University
“ Brian Russell wrote this response to an original post written about some of the drawbacks of the low-residency MFA model, ...” Continue
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Low-Residency Thoughts
“ Currently I am attending a low-residency MFA program offered through Murray State University. Overall the experience has been good, ...” Continue
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University of British Columbia - MFA
“There’s no mistaking the prominence of UBC’s Creative Writing Program, nor its excellence. UBC graduates like Joan MacLeod, Madeleine Thien, Stephanie ...” Continue
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University of Wyoming - MFA
“The University of Wyoming's Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts program is an intensive 40-hour studio degree in poetry, fiction, ...” Continue
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University of Wisconsin at Madison - MFA
“The Program in Creative Writing offers a two-year Master of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing in the areas of ...” Continue
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West Virginia University - MFA
“1. Admission Admission to the M.F.A. degree program in creative writing is based primarily on the excellence of a substantial writing ...” Continue
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Whidbey Writers Workshop - MFA Workshop
“The Whidbey Writers Workshop MFA Program is the first in the country - and perhaps in the world - to ...” Continue
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University of Washington - MFA
“55 credits, a creative manuscript, critical essay, and one language other than English. The program is usually completed within six ...” Continue
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Seattle Pacific University - MFA
“The low-residency MFA at SPU is a creative writing program for apprentice writers—both Christians and those of other traditions—who not ...” Continue
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Pacific Lutheran University - Writing Workshop MFA
“The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing is an innovative process-oriented program in the fields of poetry, fiction, and ...” Continue
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Eastern Washington University - MFA
“The Inland Northwest Center for Writers offers an undergraduate emphasis in Creative Writing within the English major, as well as ...” Continue
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Virginia Tech - MFA Creative Writing
“Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing: Fiction, Poetry, and Playwriting. No teaching first semester Writing workshop format Individual tutorials with faculty Opportunities for ...” Continue
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Virginia Commonwealth University - MFA Creative Writing
“The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing is a 48-semester-hour (sixteen-course) program of advanced writing workshops and graduate course ...” Continue
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University of Virginia - MFA Creative Writing
“he MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Virginia is a two-year program and, in general, we admit five ...” Continue
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Old Dominion University - MFA Creative Writing
“Though our creative writing program has been around for a long time, our MFA program is young and growing fast. ...” Continue
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Hollins University - MFA Creative Writing
“For the college graduate writer who wants to concentrate on his or her craft in a helpful community of writers ...” Continue
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George Mason University - MFA Creative Writing
“Started in 1980, the Graduate Creative Writing Program at George Mason University is one of the most highly regarded programs ...” Continue
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