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What's a Low-Residency MFA Good For?

For me it was a fountain of youth and literary wisdom and community

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Aimee Liu
Dec 21, 2023
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Goddard residency snowball fight. Photo by author.

Happy holidays, everyone, though this is more of a Throwback Thursday post than a greeting card!

I’ve just realized that I failed to fully explain myself when I launched MFA Lore six months ago. Why the nod to MFAs? What’s that got to do with me? I never really told you, which was kind of a large oversight. So, I’m going to share my MFA story with you here.

If you have an MFA, I hope this will prompt some fond memories. If you’re considering one, I hope to offer some useful insights. And if you’re working toward your MFA now, trust the process and write on!

Cheers to all,

Aimee

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