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Occasionally, I encounter someone who proclaims the death of books. The digital realm has deprecated the print realm, so the argument goes, and books are unwieldy/unsearchable/bad for the environment/etc. The same argument is more often applied (I think) to magazines and newspapers, which (so the argument goes) should be present these days only in museums [...]

I am fortunate enough to possess one of the most ridiculed degrees in all academia: the MFA in writing. I obtained this degree from a prestigious school, so that somewhat lessens the level of condescension I have to tolerate at those snooty parties where my MA/MS/JD/M.Phil/etc friends swill various French concoctions and trade classroom war [...]