The Creative Writing MFA Handbook guides prospective graduate students through the difficult process of researching, applying to, and choosing graduate schools in creative writing. The handbook includes profiles of fifty creative writing programs, guidance through the application process, advice from current professors and students including George Saunders, Aimee Bender, Tracy K. Smith, and Geoffrey Wolff, and the most comprehensive listings of graduate writing programs in and outside the United States. The handbook also includes special sections about Low-Residency writing programs, Ph.D. programs, publishing in literary journals, and workshop and teaching advice. In a remarkably concise, user-friendly fashion, The Creative Writing MFA Handbook answers as many questions as possible, and is packed with information, advice, and experience. This second edition updates and builds upon the first edition, which was published in 2005 to great acclaim and contains a vastly expanded ranking of current creative writing programs.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
A Must Have:
Anyone going through the creative writing MFA process must buy this book. I bought it for my daughter who was already into the process and wished I had purchased it earlier. This is an excellent, well written, authoritative guide from start to finish.
Thorough and Fun Guide for MFA prospectives:
I especially love the section on low-residency MFA's. The chapters are well-organized in easy-to-read Q and A format. It really is like a handbook--you can go directly to the chapter to help you out where you are now, and you will find thorough, expert advice. It was recommended to me, and I highly recommend it to anyone else seeking information on applying to, choosing, and completing an MFA program.
Go-to-Guide for the freaked out M.F.A applicant:
Yes, it's true, even a well-written, thoughtful book will not take away the anxiety of applying to M.F.A programs, but this one is the closest you'll get to feeling in control of the process.
Kealey gives you an excellent reference of not only schools and how they stack up against each other but also a step-by-step outline of how the application needs to be approached. He offers excellent tips on what to spend the most time on, how to approach your reference letter writers, and much more.Also, not... more info
Revised edition blows:
My review of the original edition is below after the asterisks. My concenrs regard the revised edition of Kealey's solo effort from a few years back. Though about half of the book is the same, the former book is better in that the pseudo-scientific approach of Seth Abramson (signed on to evaluate the programs) can actually prove damaging to a potential applicant due to its inaccuracies and lack of substance. His analysis is, in a word, reckless and helpful only as a superficial starting point for... more info
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