I’ve never taken a creative writing class, but I was reading an interview with a writer and it mentioned that after he completed his master’s thesis he began teaching classes at a university. He now teaches at a different university, and it seems that he only has a his MA.

Is this normal? The only instructors I’ve had that didn’t have their PhD were grad students, and even then they weren’t the main instructor. But I’ve never taken a creative writing class, so maybe it varies by subject.
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