There’s some MFA and workshop bashing over at Randa Jarrar’s blog Rockslinga. I’ve been known to dis some aspects of the Workshop every now and then, so I can get with the sentiment. Though the comments seem a little bitter…
Read on: In Defense of Pat, or, I heart Pat, or Pat is Your Friend
Link from Maud Newton.
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Coincidentally, I’ve been doing some thinking about and writing on the workshop process myself.
Armand
Posted 12 Feb 2007 at 11:46 am ¶Just to clarify something: I fucking LOVE my workshop and my MFA program. My defense of pat is simply that: a defense of something I love, too. I was simply venting and giving my POV on why pat is underrated. My workshops have been helpful and my classmates are awesome, including the ones that dislike pat. My writing has improved and I’ve been happy here. So, those who are linking to the pat defense and framing it as “workshop bashing”: no, no, no, no, no.
Posted 18 Feb 2007 at 7:36 pm ¶Yes, sorry, Randa. I should have been more clear — the bashing bit was more about what was going on in comments. All in good fun.
Posted 18 Feb 2007 at 8:16 pm ¶Post a Comment