Category: MFA

Solving climate change one slick magazine at a time.

September 10, 2019 Michael Davis

Read my latest in Splice Today: https://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/jonathan-franzen-can-t-solve-climate-change-for-anyone-who-matters

Posted in aesthetics, apocalypse, art, books, class warfare, Climate Change, Coastal Elites, Conformist Culture, Creative Writing, Critical thinking, cultural contrast, Death, graduate school, honesty, Jonathan Franzen, journalism, Judgment, lies, media, MFA, Netflix, New Yorker, politics, popular opinion, President Trump, Publishing Industry, sincerity, Stupidity, values, writing style, zombie cultureTagged aesthetics, apocalypse, art, books, class warfare, Climate Change, clowns, Coastal Elites, Conformist Culture, Creative Writing, Critical thinking, cultural contrast, Death, fame, graduate school, honesty, immigration, Jonathan Franzen, journalism, Judgment, lies, media, MFA, Netflix, New Yorker, politics, popular opinion, President Trump, Publishing Industry, sincerity, Stupidity, values, writing life, writing style, zombie culture

2010

May 15, 2018May 23, 2018 Michael Davis

First, a Sincere Declaration of Thanks I’ve spent most of my life running in circles looking for something authentic, then waiting for permission to explore it, and harshly criticizing myself when I didn’t get that permission. Maybe other people have different experiences, but this has been mine, my personal through-line from childhood to the present. … Continue reading 2010

Posted in academia, autobiography, belief, books, Corruption, Creative Writing, Death, family, MFA, Non-fiction, Time, truth, William Styron, your authorTagged 2010, academia, Academic Life, autobiography, belief, books, clowns, Corruption, Creative Writing, Death, Depression, English studies, family, graduate school, MFA, Non-fiction, PhD, Suicide, Time, truth, William Styron, writing life, your author

STEM, Scientism, and the Decline of the Humanities – my latest on Splice Today

February 19, 2018 Michael Davis

Read it here: https://www.splicetoday.com/on-campus/stem-scientism-and-the-decline-of-the-humanities

Posted in Creative Writing, graduate school, MFA, policy, politics, Publishing Industry, Splice Today, the writing life, United States, Writing, zombie cultureTagged Creative Writing, graduate school, humanities, MFA, policy, politics, Publishing Industry, science, scientism, Splice Today, STEM, the writing life, United States, Writing, writing life, zombie culture

The MFA Distortion Field (yes, Dottie, and not just in Iowa)

May 12, 2014March 3, 2017 Michael Davis

I sat down today intending to write a piece critical of certain shrill MFA voices that seem to have gotten shriller since MFA vs. NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction hit the shelves last February. Is “shriller” actually a word? It is. But it only takes meaning as a comparative adjective once something that… Continue reading The MFA Distortion Field (yes, Dottie, and not just in Iowa)

Posted in Creative Writing, MFA, Writing, Writing Expedition, your authorTagged Creative Writing, MFA, Writing, Writing Expedition, Writing Life, writing life, Writing Programs, your author

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