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R.E.M., Dinosaur jr., Self-Actualization
Shane McCrae by Shane McCrae Spalding MFA Faculty, Poetry Probably you’re too young to remember this—or were too sane at the time to care—but back in the early 90s, when R.E.M. were considered the best...
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Clearing the land, building a stone wall: The first two drafts of a novel
by Jody Lisberger Spalding MFA Faculty, Fiction More and more, as I revise the first draft of my novel, I begin to see my metaphor for writing change. The first draft felt like bushwhacking to me, or...
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Voices
by Julie Brickman Spalding MFA Faculty, Fiction I’ve been thinking about why the first draft of my new novel is so much fun to write, so easy. This is totally weird. First drafts are never easy for...
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Two words…and down the rabbit hole
by Kira Obolensky Spalding MFA Faculty, Playwriting and Fiction In this blog post, I thought I’d share with you two words that work as a powerful phrase for me as a writer. It’s not a mantra (do it!)....
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JAIPUR LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2015: FIRST SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED
by Helena Kriel Spalding MFA Faculty, Playwriting and Screenwriting Okay writers, students, journeymen and women, adventurers and vagabonds, the “Passage to India” international field trip is...
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Hit by a Tidal Wave
by Sam Zalutsky Spalding MFA Faculty, Screenwriting Today, September 15, is a big day for me. My new short film, How to Make it to the Promised Land, is having its world premiere on Short of the Week,...
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Retrieved Memories: Finding a Past Self in Childhood Books
by Nancy McCabe Spalding MFA Faculty, Creative Nonfiction For my entire adult life, I hauled my collection of childhood books from state to state, house to house, never rereading them. Their mere...
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Sometimes you just need to go kill a Red Dragon.
by Larry Brenner Spalding MFA Faculty, Playwriting and Screenwriting We’re just going to free write today- no outline, no structure. Let’s get rid of all of the burden of producing something people...
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Found Blog
by Robin Lippincott Spalding MFA Faculty, Fiction Call this a found blog. Born while I was thinking about the current state of literature, and about the writers who find commercial success and the...
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Preventative Measures Against Despair Caused by Divided Energies
by Katy Yocom Associate Administrative Director In 1909, while working for the Insurance Institute in Prague, Franz Kafka wrote a report titled “Preventative Measures Against Accidents Caused by...
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