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" I teach one semester a year, and this year I'm just teaching one course during that semester, a writing workshop for older students in their late 20s and early 30s, people in our graduate program who are already working on a manuscript and trying to bring it to completion. "

Tobias Wolff

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" That, for me, is a very important test of a young writer's commitment because most of them are going to have to continue doing that when they've finished the program. "

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