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creative writing

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The Magic Building Where English Majors Work

  • Alex Norcia
  • September 11, 2014
A professor of undergraduate and graduate creative writing for twenty years, Cathy Day gives some practical advice for students at The Millions, admitting while English majors don’t work in a…
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Inside a Writer’s Head

  • P.E. Garcia
  • June 24, 2014
New research reveals how a creative writer’s brain functions while writing. As it turns out, it might not be so different from a basketball player’s brain. The New York Times…
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When The Writing Gets Tough

  • Alex Norcia
  • June 5, 2014
Over at Electric Literature, Joseph Rositano contemplates the relationship between writing and mental health. Though he admits that creative writing has been associated with “mental abnormality” for centuries (the number of writers…
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Irresistible Narrators and Riveting Scenes with Steve Almond

  • The Rumpus
  • May 21, 2014
Rumpus columnist and friend Steve Almond is teaching two classes at the Grotto in San Francisco on July 19th! How to Write Riveting Scenes will investigate what it takes to keep…
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All Roads Lead to Writing

  • The Rumpus
  • March 26, 2014
Over at The Millions, Rumpus contributor Nick Ripatrazone looks at the many and varied paths that bring writers to the profession and considers the benefits of time spent studying subjects other…
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Creative Writing, Creative Careers

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • November 4, 2013
The two central myths are one, that literary citizenship is all about self-promotion, and two, that it’s connected deeply to the “marketplace.” In an interview for Ploughshares, Tasha Golden talks to…
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Obsession and Humor in Writing

  • Serena Candelaria
  • October 7, 2013
In early December, Rumpus columnist Steve Almond will teach writing classes at the SF Grotto. His December 7th class will focus on the idea of embracing one’s obsessions to jump-start…
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Master of Feeling Ambivalent

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • August 23, 2013
There are a lot of people who have very strong feelings about MFA programs, but Blake Butler’s Vice piece “What I Remember from Getting an MFA in Creative Writing,” just sort…
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To Teach Or Not to Teach?

  • Sam Riley
  • September 12, 2011
The ever-contentious subject of teaching creative writing is up for discussion. You can teach the elements, but there are always the “intangibles that cannot be taught.”  Roxane Gay is inciting…
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