I am sick of teaching, I am sick of teaching, I am sick of teaching

Me in the Advocate on the history of creative writing in higher education. Mark McGurl's new book, The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing, was the excuse for the piece. It's great . . . I'm a little surprised to see that it hasn't picked up more attention. It's a completely new interpretation of more than half a century's worth of fiction.

Right. Here's the article, complete with nifty illustration by Dana Kase:

Get With the Program: Creative Writing in the Twentieth Century

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