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Gretchen Schrafft
Intern Cristina Farfan ’21 interviews fiction writer Gretchen Schrafft ’08, who was an intern for
NER in 2007 while she was a student at Middlebury College, and then went on to be a staff reader for the magazine. At Middlebury, she completed a double major in English and American Literatures and Sociology-Anthropology. Discussing both
NER and her own writing, Schrafft gives an insight on her path from
NER intern to published fiction writer.
Cristina Farfan: Where are you now, both geographically and professionally?
Gretchen Schrafft: I currently live in Denver, where I’m in my third year of the PhD program in English & Literary Arts at the University of Denver. I came to the program to work on a novel, pursue research connected to that novel, and continue developing my skills as a teacher of creative writing and literature.
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