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Eileen Pollack

At home with the militia

by Keith Taylor

posted 1/16/2012

Eileen Pollack, former director of the U-M creative writing MFA program, has never been afraid of taking on big themes and big subjects. Among her former students--including several who have gone on to enjoy large international reputations--she is famous for always suggesting, if not insisting, that their stories and novels be about something. She uses her own

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