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Summary
Summary
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.
Author Notes
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.
Table of Contents
| ForewordAnna Leahy |
| 1 Personal Therapeutic Writing vs. Literary WritingNancy Kuhl |
| 2 Who Cares--and How: The Value and Cost of NurturingAnna Leahy |
| 3 Inspiration, Creativity, and Crisis: The Romantic Myth of the Writer Meets the Contemporary ClassroomBrent Royster |
| 4 Reinventing Writing Classrooms: The Combination of Creating and ComposingEvie Yoder Miller |
| 5 The Double Bind and Stumbling Blocks: A Case Study as an Argument for Authority-Conscious PedagogyCarl Vandermeulen |
| 6 Teaching and Evaluation: Why Bother?Mary Cantrell |
| 7 Who's the Teacher?: From Student to MentorAudrey Petty |
| 8 The Pregnant Muse: Assumptions, Authority, and AccessibilityRachel Hall |
| 9 Dismantling Authority: Teaching What We Do Not KnowKatharine Haake |
| 10 Contracts, Radical Revision, Portfolios, and the Risks of WritingWendy Bishop |
| 11 An 'A' for Effort: How Grading Policies Shape CoursesSuzanne Greenberg |
| 12 Gender and Authorship: How Assumptions Shape Perceptions and PedagogiesSusan Hubbard |
| 13 Writing the Community: Service Learning in Creative WritingArgie Manolis |
| 14 Where Do You Want Me To Sit?: Defining Authority through MetaphorCathy Day |
| 15 Duck, Duck, Turkey: Using Encouragement To Structure Workshop AssignmentsMary Swander |
| 16 How To Avoid Workshop Dilemmas: The Use of Myth to Teach Writerly ConceptsAmy Sage Webb |
| 17 Writing in the Shadows: Topics, Models, and Audiences that Focus on LanguageSandy Feinstein |
| The Reason It Is: the Rhyme It Isn'tGraeme Harper; Stephanie Vanderslice |
