Rethinking Creative Writing in Higher Education: Programs and Practices that Work ebook | Stephanie Vanderslice | 9781907076107

‘This is a brave, serious, passionate and entertaining book’ - Dr Steve May, Head of Department, Creative Writing, Bath Spa University and author of Doing Creative Writing.

In this passionate, iconoclastic, survey of Creative Writing as an academic discipline, Stephanie Vanderslice provides a provocative critique of existing practice. She challenges enduring myths surrounding creative writing – not least, that writers learn most from workshops. Through case studies of best practice from America and elsewhere, Vanderslice provides a vision of change, showing how undergraduate and postgraduate programs can be reformed to re-engage with contemporary culture.

Stephanie Vanderslice is Associate Professor of Writing University of Central Arkansas. Stephanie’s previous publications include Can It Really Be Taught: Resisting Lore in Creative Writing Pedagogy (Heinemann), co-edited with Kelly Rutter. 

Front matter:

• Table of Contents
• Index
• Abstract
• Series information
• Foreword by Dr Steve May

Chapter One: Creative Writing in Higher Education: Reflection, Innovation, Accountability

Notes from the Field: Storming the Garret

Chapter Two: Undergraduate Creative Writing Programs

Notes from the Field:  Grasping Ariadne’s Thread: Wendy Bishop’s Stories and My Own

Chapter Three: Graduate Creative Writing Programs: Creative Writing Comes of Age

Notes from the Field:  Once More to the Workshop: A Myth Caught in Time

Chapter Four: Workshopping the Workshop

Notes from the Field: A Place to Start

Chapter Five: Creative Writing Programs in the World

Afterword: Looking Inward and Outward

Appendix

End matter:

• Imprint information and credits
• Acknowledgements
• References