By Chad Harbach
Writers write—but what do they do for money?
In a largely learn essay entitled "MFA vs NYC," bestselling novelist Chad Harbach (The paintings of Fielding) argued that the yank literary scene has break up into cultures: ny publishing as opposed to college MFA courses. This booklet brings jointly verified writers, MFA professors and scholars, and ny editors, publicists, and brokers to discuss those overlapping worlds, and the methods writers make (or fail to make) a dwelling inside them.
• in case you search a complicated measure, or will workshops smother your sort?
• do you want to maneuver to manhattan, or will the excessive fee of dwelling undo you?
• What's worse—having an afternoon activity or now not having medical insurance?
• How do brokers make a decision what to symbolize? Will large Publishing live on?
• How has the increase of MFA courses affected American fiction?
The professional participants, together with George Saunders, Elif Batuman, and Fredric Jameson, contemplate most of these questions and extra, with humor and rigor. MFA vs NYC is a must-read for aspiring writers, and for a person attracted to the current and way forward for American letters.
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