Topic: MFA programs

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Nobody cares about your book

Laura Miller
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
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No one cares about your novel

Laura Miller
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Patrick Neal - Hyperallergic
Sam Zell (AP/M. Spencer Green)

Invest in readers, not MFAs

Laura Miller