| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
312 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
MFA -- A mini-manifesto / George Saunders -- Basket weaving 101 / Maria Adelmann -- The pyramid scheme / Eric Bennett -- The fictional future / David Foster Wallace -- My parade / Alexander Chee -- NYC -- How to be popular / Melissa Flashman -- Into the woods / Emily Gould -- The disappointment business / Jim Rutman -- People wear khakis / Lorin Stein with Astri von Arbin Ahlander -- Nine lives / Jynne Martin -- Money (2006) / Keith Gessen -- The teaching game -- Money (2014) / Keith Gessen -- Seduce the whole world / Carla Blumenkranz -- Application / Diana Wagman -- Two views on the program era -- The invisible vocation / Elif Batuman -- Dirty little secret / Fredric Jameson -- The great beyond -- Reality publishing / Darryl Lorenzo Wellington -- A partial list of the books I've written / Eli S. Evans. |
| Summary |
"Chad Harbach and contributors map out the "two cultures" of American fiction: MFA programs and NYC publishing. In a widely read essay titled "MFA vs. NYC," bestselling novelist Chad Harbach (The Art of Fielding) argued that the American literary scene has split into two cultures: New York publishing versus university MFA programs. This book brings together established writers, MFA professors and students, and New York editors and agents to talk about these overlapping worlds, and the ways writers make (or fail to make) a living within them. Should you seek an advanced degree, or will workshops smother your style? Do you need to move to New York, or will the high cost of living undo you? What's worse--having a day job, or having no health insurance? How do agents decide what to represent? Will Big Publishing survive? How has the rise of MFA programs affected American fiction? The expert contributors, including George Saunders, Elif Batuman, and Fredric Jameson, consider all these questions and more, with humor and rigor. A must-read for aspiring writers, and for anyone interested in the present and future of American letters"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"Chad Harbach and contributors map out the "two cultures" of American fiction: MFA programs and NYC publishing"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Authors and publishers -- United States.
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Fiction -- Authorship.
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Authorship -- Vocational guidance.
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Creative writing (Higher education) -- United States.
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Fiction -- Publishing -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Harbach, Chad, editor of compilation.
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| ISBN |
9780865478138 (pbk.) : $16.00 |
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0865478139 (pbk.) |
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