Even though I'm still far away from bringing work out, I'm grateful to read this. I'm heading toward the end of an MFA program that requires a panel critique at the end of each semester, and I'm now 3/3 crits in which the panelists debate whether my work is fiction or poetry. A bunch of professors at an art school needing those containers makes me feel like I will only sink if I don't conform to something; what you wrote here tells me that's not true. Thank you for that.
Even though I'm still far away from bringing work out, I'm grateful to read this. I'm heading toward the end of an MFA program that requires a panel critique at the end of each semester, and I'm now 3/3 crits in which the panelists debate whether my work is fiction or poetry. A bunch of professors at an art school needing those containers makes me feel like I will only sink if I don't conform to something; what you wrote here tells me that's not true. Thank you for that.
I love Hatch so much--what an incredible book. Excited to read Exploding Head (and always so grateful for your voice and perspective, dear Cassie!)