[Rick Mullin]

Regarding the Amis quote, I think that an ironic joke has been taken seriously.

I get a lot out of Eratosphere--ie everything I would want to get out of an MFA. I'm getting old. I'm paying for other peoples' BAs and such. So I have to keep the burn rate down. The Sphere is a low cost, high risk option, which sounds about right.

I'm sure Amis was kidding.

RM

(again, I'm with the jokes...yes an MFA is an incomparable experience, albeit surrounded by the serious debate we see in New Criterion and elsewhere. My point is that this place is an education and that Amis must be kidding.)