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M McGurl sends this query:
For a book I'm writing on creative writing programs, I wonder if anyone could tell me:
Did VN ever go on record about the phenomenon of the creative writing program, or creative writing
instruction in general?
One assumes that the sticky group-ness and aesthetic populism of the phenomenon would have
turned him off completely. But since Cornell became committed to this new discipline immediately
after WWII, it would have been "in the air" when he was there. Did he ever have or was he ever
approached with the idea of being a creative writing instructor rather than a language teacher and
lecturer?
Many thanks.
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For a book I'm writing on creative writing programs, I wonder if anyone could tell me:
Did VN ever go on record about the phenomenon of the creative writing program, or creative writing
instruction in general?
One assumes that the sticky group-ness and aesthetic populism of the phenomenon would have
turned him off completely. But since Cornell became committed to this new discipline immediately
after WWII, it would have been "in the air" when he was there. Did he ever have or was he ever
approached with the idea of being a creative writing instructor rather than a language teacher and
lecturer?
Many thanks.
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