Sunday, April 10, 2011

iowa writers workshop turns 75 years old

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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june11/iowawriters_04-07.html

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Good for them!

Congrats.

Of course, when I applied to go there as a student to get my MFA,

they rejected me.

And Warren Wilson also rejected me, when I asked if I could study with them—

Vermont College accepted me (they had lower standards, obviously, if they took
worst-cases like me)

and I got my MFA degree from Vermont.

I wasn't good enough for Iowa or Warren Wilson,

which is another illustration (if more were needed) of their outstanding quality.

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