Which NYC MFA Program Is Right For You?
Ok. We’ll just say first that we’re slightly biased. Because Brooklyn College is in Brooklyn! But also, this school has become incredibly renowned in the last few years, and has a lot of things going for it, including its relatively low tuition, small class sizes, and the selectivity that goes into choosing the students. Faculty at the school include Ben Lerner, Joshua Henkin, Amy Hempel, Rob Spillman, Hannah Tinti, Nathaniel Rich, and Heidi Julavits. An interesting point about the Brooklyn College program is that many of the current stars of the Brooklyn lit scene got their MFAs at BC. The founders of Electric Literature and One Story are all Brooklyn College MFA graduates. So, even if you don’t know all their names yet (which you should, YOU SHOULD) you will soon.
Rank in 2012 Poets and Writers Magazine Survey: 27
Notable Brooklyn College MFA Graduates: Helen Phillips, Hannah Tinti, Halimah Marcus, Sapphire, Benjamin Samuel