September 24, 1999
The Uncertain Value of Training Public Intellectuals
One of the many innovations of the postwar university was the creation of M.F.A. programs designed to teach aspiring fiction writers how to write. The idea was simple: At places like the University of Iowa, students would learn how to cultivate their narrative voices, first by reading great works of fiction and then by writing stories.
Over time, more and more students graduating from such programs became successful writers and editors, and the number of
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