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Topic: Iowa Writers Workshop

Lena Dunham and Desiree Akhavan in "Girls" (HBO/Craig Blankenhorn)

"Girls" gets Iowa right

Zachary Tyler Vickers
Lena Dunham in "Girls" (HBO)

The latest awful look at MFAs

Erin Keane
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-54561p1.html'>paul prescott</a>, <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-572056p1.html'>Songquan Deng</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

MFA vs. NYC: Enough already!

Tony Tulathimutte