![]() Years after leaving academia, I still preferred a more substantive narrative, the kind my professors insisted upon me. Narrative for narrative’s sake was a waste of paper and potential. A myth that circulated throughout my MFA program was that of a respected professor holding up a student’s paper, slamming it down on his desk, and declaring, “ This is just a fucking story.” To a group of twentysomethings trying to be artists, writing “just a story” was an egregious insult.
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