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PARTISAN REVIEW
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt (Simon and Schuster) is a sad and
funny memoir of an impoverished Irish family. The writing is superb and
evokes the flavor of the artist's underworld. My only reservation is that the
story is repetitious and does not go beyond the spitting-out of details.
Whittaker Chambers
by Sam Tanenhaus (Random House) is a first-rate
biography of Whittaker Chambers. It's a marvel of research, of calmjudg–
ment, and political insight. Particularly noteworthy is Tanenhaus's
avoidance of political polemics and ideological argument. It is a superb
study of a complex character and his relation to the Communist under–
ground. And especially effective is Tanenhaus's method of letting the facts
tell the story.
Antioch's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
offers specializations in poetry, fiction and creative
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offers an inclusive curriculum developed and taught
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Award-winning MFA faculty include:
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Viramontes. Scheduled guest artists for the December
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This two-and-a-half year program
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