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The reason that MFA programs do not encourage their students to publish.

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Naomi K
May 23, 2013
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Everyone who writes about MFA programs will, at some point, note that programs tend to not pay much attention to publication. This will then be used as evidence of the program's airy-fairyness and lack of practicality. But after a year in the academic creative writing world, I'm starting to understand the reason why students are not encouraged to publis…

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