@isle_mcelroy
Isle McElroy
3 years
most of getting an MFA is sitting in a small room with 6 liberal arts grads muttering "Alice Munro, how does she do it?"
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@LucasWMann
Lucas Mann
3 years
@abmcelroy1 *old man voice* I remember a time when it was getting a whole batch of Facebook friends whose profiles were Dennis Johnson quotes
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@isle_mcelroy
Isle McElroy
3 years
@LucasWMann Denis Johnson. i haven't heard that name in a looooong time
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@KitJenkin
Kit Jenkin
3 years
@abmcelroy1 Mine was mostly the person in the workshop sitting beside me turning to me and saying, "You smell like laundry." And then me saying, "Thank you." Every week for four months πŸ‘
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@hamburger_aaron
Aaron Hamburger πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
3 years
@abmcelroy1 As opposed to being a practicing fiction writer, which involves sitting in a small room by yourself muttering, "Alice Munro, how does she do it?" πŸ˜‰
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@hanalyst
Hannah Rose πŸ₯€
3 years
@abmcelroy1 @e_m_doyle look at that, we’re basic
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@byron_queen
david byron queen
3 years
@abmcelroy1 i took an alice monroe class during my mfa and this was exactly what happened
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@nyx_nyx_nyx_666
Cronx Babe β“‹
3 years
@abmcelroy1 Haa! πŸ˜‚
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@curategg
curate egg
3 years
@abmcelroy1 I want to be in that room.
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@Bethfromhere
Beth
3 years
@abmcelroy1 There's always the guy wearing the hat that looks like a condom who will happily Munrosplain.
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