Marti Gastel

Education

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  University of Pittsburgh

  1973 - 1975

  Post baccalaureate degree in non-fiction writing Non-fiction writing/poetry

  I was the first student accepted into Pitt's graduate school of writing in both the non-fiction and poetry concentrations. The committee said that a poet and a non-fiction writer were two entirely different people and no one could be outstanding in both -- so they routed my work through two separate times to find out which one I really was. Both programs accepted me. I no longer write poetry -- too rigorous! My non-fiction is nearly all limited to our website at www.dorothyscandies.com. The… Show more I was the first student accepted into Pitt's graduate school of writing in both the non-fiction and poetry concentrations. The committee said that a poet and a non-fiction writer were two entirely different people and no one could be outstanding in both -- so they routed my work through two separate times to find out which one I really was. Both programs accepted me. I no longer write poetry -- too rigorous! My non-fiction is nearly all limited to our website at www.dorothyscandies.com. The writing program at Pitt was stupendous then -- from what I hear it's only better now. Show less

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  Point Park University

  1969 - 1972

  BA Early Childhood Education/English