PATRICK MADDEN (CNF) is the author of Quotidiana (Nebraska, 2010). His personal and travel essays have appeared in Fourth Genre, Hotel Amerika, the Iowa...

"During each semester the word that echoed in my head was 'relentless', relentless learning with all parts of my brain, the creative and the analytical, the literary and the lyrical. And relentless reading, thinking, and writing. The third part was relentless positive encouragement and support to risk writing way beyond the envelope."
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Jim McGarrah's book, Running the Voodoo Down, was his Master's Thesis at Vermont College.
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Maureen Aslop's book, Apparition Wren, was essentially her thesis while at VCFA. She worked with advisors Roger Weingarten, Claire Rossinin, Leslie Ullman, and Nancy Eimers. Visit Maureen's website at www.apparitionwren.com.