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Hi, this is RM in Southern California.
I'm about to open a large envelope.
The return address says University of Southern Maine,
where I just graduated from the Stone Coast MFA Creative Writing Program.
There it is, my diploma, in all its calligraphic glory.
This podcast was recorded at 12.38 p.m. on Friday, May 23, 2025.
Things may have changed by the time you hear it.
but I'll probably be revising my thesis novel to pitch to literary agents.
Here's the show.
That was very dramatic.
I bet his novel would be good.
Do they not give out degrees anymore in person, like when you walk?
I was really nervous, honestly, as he was opening.
I was like, oh, God, is it going to be a letter saying he's,
like, missing one credit or something like that and has to, like, go back?