Fairleigh Dickinson University MFA YA faculty member Eliot Schrefer writes on the multidisciplinary MFA: The beauty of a multidisciplinary MFA is being exposed to ideas and ways of thinking that both enlarge minds and improve craft. I’ve had conversations about authorial distance with adult fiction students,...
READ MOREHave you read Fairleigh Dickinson University MFA YA faculty member Eliot Schrefer's NYTimes OpEd piece, “Junior Varsity is Where the Work Gets Done"? Eliot writes: Under the current rules, Y.A. literature doesn’t have official limits as far as appropriateness and tone. Instead, if there is one truism...
READ MOREI did a reading on Monday night at the Cornelia Street Cafe in Greenwich Village. It was really fun to be back there, and if you don't know the Cornelia Street Cafe, it's a cool place to go for a drink in the city. It's...
READ MORELearning the Craft of Children’s Literature in an Adult World Eliot Schrefer, Donna Freitas, Rebecca Chace, Kathi Appelt, Rene Steinke As more writing programs add children’s and YA tracks within larger pools of MFA students, it’s not easy to figure out how best to teach—and learn—the craft...
READ MOREALTA38: Reviewing Translation, 10/29/2015 A panel of reviewers and magazine editors discuss the processes behind whether or not a book in translation gets reviewed and some of the complications in reviewing international literature. They share practical solutions for improving the chances of getting a title reviewed,...
READ MORE"One of the main things that [has] become part of my writer toolbox is the idea that the main character needs to be the mover of narrative," says Eliot Schrefer. "It is important that the character shift their world." Eliot discusses the quest narrative, research for...
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Writers, what could be better? Begin your MFA in Creative Writing with ten days at a 17th-century abbey in Oxfordshire, England. Fairleigh Dickinson University has concentrations in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Literary Translation, and Writing for Young Adults. We also offer the option for a...
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