Roundup: Now That You’ve Graduated…
In our Roundups segment, we’re looking back at all the great posts since the blog started in 2009. We explore posts from our archives as well as other top literary magazines and websites, centered on a certain theme to help you jump-start your week. This week we bring you posts about what to do now that you’ve graduated.
From Ploughshares:
- Eric Weinstein plans out an “Exit Strategy” for an MFA looking towards imminent graduation.
- Looking back post-MFA, Ian Stansel gives advice on “How to Leave School (Without Leaving Your Writing Behind).”
- As an MFA, you’re most likely faced with the question, “Do I go into teaching?” Eric Weinstein evaluates the options in “Those Who Can, Teach.”
From Around the Web:
- Over at the Poetry Foundation, Jeremy Hoevenaar reflects on his MFA experience and what he discovered after he left.
- Jean Hartig describes the set-apartness of the MFA program, and the need for a writing community afterwards, in her article at Poets & Writers.
- Nicole Nelson at F Newsmagazine addresses the challenges faced by those graduating with arts degrees, specifically the MFA, in “Life After the MFA.”
- The Chronicle of Higher Education has some interesting (depressing?) stats on what writers are doing after they graduate in “What Becomes of an MFA.”
About Author
Jessica A. Kent
Jessica A. Kent is the Marketing Intern at Ploughshares Literary Magazine, and is pursuing an MFA in Fiction at Emerson College. Her work has appeared in Emerson Review, Relevant Magazine, Boston Literary Magazine, Corkboard, Englewood Review of Book, and Barnes & Noble Inside; she’s also the recipient of the Lea Lovenheim Award for Short Fiction. Jessica is the founding editor of the Boston Book Blog.