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Magic Lessons Ep. 204: “Who Gets To Decide Whether You're A Legitimate Artist?" featuring Mark Nepo

Magic Lessons with Elizabeth Gilbert

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How Old Are MFA Programmes?

Poetry predates literacy in human history. Poetry is so old that it was around before there was such a thing as written language. The first laet programme that ever occurred was at the university of iowa in 19 36. And suddenly we've decided that this is what it means to be a poet, right? So you see what i'm getting at hereadeal. I don't even know if i could put a dane on that.

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