Editing David Milch (section)

==Early life and education==
Milch graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] ''[[summa cum laude]]'' from [[Yale University]], where he won the Tinker Prize in English, was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]], and was a member of the [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]] chapter,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.godeke.org/Deke_Alumni/Phi_David_Milch.htm |title=Prominent Deke Alumni: Phi's David Milch |publisher= | website = GoDeke.org |access-date=2014-06-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://english.yale.edu/undergraduate-program/prizes-deadlines |title=Prizes and Deadlines |publisher= English Department, Yale University| website  = Yale.edu |access-date=2014-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140728224326/http://english.yale.edu/undergraduate-program/prizes-deadlines |archive-date=July 28, 2014 |df=mdy }}</ref> along with future US President [[George W. Bush]]. Milch earned a [[Master of Fine Arts]] with distinction from the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]] at the [[University of Iowa]].<ref>{{cite web |title= David Milch | publisher = University of Iowa Alumni Association |website = iowalum.com |url= http://www.iowalum.com/daa/milch.html |access-date=January 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110215000932/http://www.iowalum.com/daa/milch.html |archive-date=February 15, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref>

To avoid the draft during the [[Vietnam War]], Milch enrolled in [[Yale Law School]], but he was expelled for allegedly shooting out a police car siren with a shotgun.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://newcriterion.com/issues/2023/3/david-milch-the-strategies-of-indirection-in-fiction | title=David Milch & the strategies of indirection in fiction by William Logan | date=February 22, 2023 }}</ref>