
MFA Professional Development Series
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SPRING 2022 |
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FALL 2021 |
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—We'll kick off this year's Brown Bag Lunch Series with a conversation about how to connect and maintain a sense of community amid all the Covid craziness. |
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SPRING 2021 |
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FALL 2020 |
—We'll kick off this year's Brown Bag Lunch Series with a discussion on submitting your work to agents and editors. We'll be joined by friends who can speak to both sides, including Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Christopher Rhodes, and EJ Schwartz. Let's see your sandwich-making prowess! |
SPRING 2020 |
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FALL 2019 |
—We'll kick off this year's Brown Bag series with a Q & A designed to give first-year MFAers a chance to ask questions of third-year MFAers. Third-year students have just been through the process of selecting a thesis committee, submitting a proposal for said thesis, etc., and, with two years of experience in the program, they're your best source of hot tips and unvarnished opinions on all things UNCWCRW! All first-year students are encouraged to attend, and all third-year students are invited (and needed! to answer questions!). |
SPRING 2019 |
—We’ll be joined by UNCW journalism lecturer Rory Laverty and Star News Opinions Editor Scott Nunn. The wise and wonderful David Gessner will act as host/moderator.
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FALL 2018 |
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SPRING 2018 |
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We’ll focus on understanding student needs, and we’ll brainstorm approaches to the workshop that might make it a more useful and inclusive space for all participants. I’ll invite attendees to share experiences, concerns, and suggestions in the spirit of collaborative and productive critique. Here are some questions I’ll have in mind as we begin our discussion:
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FALL 2017 |
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SPRING 2017 |
—Ideally, the workshop is both a creative and a critical space, one in which a community collaborates toward achievement/development of the individual writer’s vision. We can be aided and challenged in this aim by the multiplicity of experiences and identities participants bring to the table. How might we train new GTAs to create for their students the kind of inclusive environment that fosters growth? How should we prepare new grad students to welcome and sustain true diversity in their workshops? How can professors and students in our program welcome all voices while fostering an atmosphere of honest, useful feedback? Bring a sandwich and an open mind and help us brainstorm ideas for diversity programming for next year’s MFA orientation. (We’ll provide drinks and sides!) |
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FALL 2016 |
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