{"id":42,"date":"2006-03-24T22:23:58","date_gmt":"2006-03-24T22:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knownforms.com\/wordpress\/?p=42"},"modified":"2006-03-24T22:23:58","modified_gmt":"2006-03-24T22:23:58","slug":"mfahate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/moorer.lipkandy.com\/?p=42","title":{"rendered":"MFAhate"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I’m in the graduate program in geography, which is a good thing. A very good thing. But it seems like all of my buds (the writer-y ones anyway) are going into MFA programs or considering it, so I’m getting all weird about the fact that I’m not. And then I remember why:<\/p>\n

1. I HATE the critique process and I question the motives of everyone involved in it. Unless they are my peeps and I trust their opinion. I have no control over what other freaks of nature are accepted into the MFA program, thus…no thanks.
\n2. I write weird shit and most MFA programs are not down with that.
\n3. I respond to the things I read on an emotional level. For serious. I’m, like, the least ‘critical’ reader I’ve ever met. That doesn’t mean I’ll read anything. I am the queen of tossing books aside after five (or a hundred) pages. I am merciless. And I absolutely refuse to read shit I don’t like. Thus, again, it’s a no go because you know I’m going to be reading a LOT of shit I don’t like in an MFA program.<\/p>\n

Wow. I feel so much better. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, I’m in the graduate program in geography, which is a good thing. A very good thing. But it seems like all of my buds (the writer-y ones anyway) are going into MFA programs or considering it, so I’m getting all weird about the fact that I’m not. And then I remember why: 1. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/moorer.lipkandy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/moorer.lipkandy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/moorer.lipkandy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/moorer.lipkandy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/moorer.lipkandy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/moorer.lipkandy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/moorer.lipkandy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/moorer.lipkandy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/moorer.lipkandy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}