You stole my story and something's got to be done about it.
MFA in a Box is designed to help you to find the courage to put truth into words and to understand that writing is a life-and-death endeavor _ but that nothing about a life-and-death endeavor keeps it from being laugh-out-loud funny.
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MFA in a Box is designed to help you to find the courage to put truth into words and to understand that writing is a life-and-death endeavor _ but that nothing about a life-and-death endeavor keeps it from being laugh-out-loud funny.
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