Power and Identity in the Creative Writing

Power and Identity In the Creative Writing Classroom remaps theories and practices for teaching creative writing at university and college level. This collection critiques well-established approaches for teaching creative writing in all genres and builds a comprehensive and adaptable pedagogy based on issues of authority, power, and identity. A long-needed reflection, this book shapes creative writing pedagogy for the 21st century.

Anna Leahy is Associate Professor of English, Associate Director of the MFA in Creative Writing, and Director of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity at Chapman University, USA. She has published widely on creative writing pedagogy, as well as creative non-fiction and poetry. She is the editor of TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics.

Acknowledgments

vii

Foreword

ix

Anna Leahy

Part 1: Understanding the Larger Influences

Personal Therapeutic Writing vs. Literary Writing

3

(10)

Nancy Kuhl

Who Cares -- and How: The Value and Cost of Nurturing

13

(13)

Anna Leahy

Inspiration, Creativity, and Crisis: The Romantic Myth of the Writer Meets the Contemporary Classroom

26

(13)

Brent Royster

Reinventing Writing Classrooms: The Combination of Creating and Composing

39

(10)

Evie Yoder Miller

The Double Bind and Stumbling Blocks: A Case Study as an Argument for Authority-conscious Pedagogy

49

(16)

Carl Vandermeulen

Part 2: The Teacher's Place, Voice, and Style

Teaching and Evaluation: Why Bother?

65

(12)

Mary Cantrell

Who's the Teacher?: From Student to Mentor

77

(10)

Audrey Petty

The Pregnant Muse: Assumptions, Authority, and Accessibility

87

(11)

Rachel Hall

Dismantling Authority: Teaching What We Do Not Know

98

(11)

Katharine Haake

Part 3: Course Design

Contracts, Radical Revision, Portfolios, and the Risks of Writing

109

(12)

Wendy Bishop

An `A' for Effort: How Grading Policies Shape Courses

121

(9)

Suzanne Greenberg

Gender and Authorship: How Assumptions Shape Perceptions and Pedagogies

130

(11)

Susan Hubbard

Writing the Community: Service Learning in Creative Writing

141

(14)

Argie Manolis

Part 4: In the Classroom

Where Do You Want Me To Sit?: Defining Authority through Metaphor

155

(12)

Cathy Day

Duck, Duck, Turkey: Using Encouragement To Structure Workshop Assignments

167

(13)

Mary Swander

How To Avoid Workshop Dilemmas: The Use of Myth to Teach Writerly Concepts

180

(12)

Amy Sage Webb

Writing in the Shadows: Topics, Models, and Audiences that Focus on Language

192

(13)

Sandy Feinstein

Afterword The Reason It Is: the Rhyme It Isn't

205

(10)

Graeme Harper

Stephanie Vanderslice

About the Authors

215

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