Award-winning debut novelist Anthony Marra (left) visited UMSL MFA in Creative Writing students including Matthew Vivian and read at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters.

Award-winning debut novelist Anthony Marra (left) visited UMSL MFA in Creative Writing students including Matthew Vivian and read at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters.
Award-winning debut novelist Anthony Marra (left) visited UMSL MFA in Creative Writing students including Matthew Vivian and read at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters.
Award-winning debut novelist Anthony Marra (left) visited UMSL MFA in Creative Writing students including Matthew Vivian and read at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters.
Grossman and his research collaborators found motivated reasoning as one of the root causes of why invitees so often respond to invitations with ‘maybe’ instead of a definitive ‘yes’ or ‘no.’