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To Be a Writer: MFA or NYC?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 24, 2014

Chad Harbach, author of The Art of Fielding, and Mel Flashman, a literary agent, are editor and contributor respectively of MFA vs NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction (n+1, 2014). They will be having a launch event at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe on Tuesday, February 25.

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