College English, Vol. 64, No. 2, November 2001

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• Materializing the Sublime Reader: Cultural Studies, Reader Response, and Community Service in the Creative Writing Workshop

  Chris Green

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  Abstract: Seeks to add another vocabulary to the pedagogy of the creative writing workshop: the language of use and action, of practice and implementation. Investigates how to reform the discursive walls between creativity and theory and ends by suggesting how educators might bring classrooms and communities together.

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• Re-Writing the Subject: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Creative Writing and Composition Pedagogy

  Judith Harris

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  Abstract: Suggests that the teaching of both composition and creative writing would benefit from focusing less exclusively on the writing process and products and more on the writing subject. Claims that focusing on the writing subject through the lens of psychoanalysis provides several potential benefits. Concludes psychoanalysis can be a filtrate for the creative writing or composition teacher.

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• Professional Writers/Writing Professionals: Revamping Teacher Training in Creative Writing Ph.D. Programs

  Kelly Ritter

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  Abstract: Examines (1) job opportunities available for PhDs in creative writing as contextualized within the larger English Studies job market; (2) arguments for and against training such candidates to be university teaching professionals; and (3) training that might better prepare these candidates for both more productive, successful university teaching careers as well as more productive, successful undergraduate creative writing classrooms.

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• OPINION: Teaching and the “Alternative” Writer

  Richard Kostelanetz

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  Abstract: Notes that university teaching is, for better as well as worse, what many American literary writers do for a living. Notes the author was determined from the beginning to be a full time writer, but now faces declining income. Describes his reluctance for university teaching. Proposes four "alternative" writing courses he would be willing to teach.

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• Hope, for the Dry Side

  Bette Lynch Husted

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  Abstract: Describes the experiences of the author as she tries to transfigure her students enrolled in freshman writing and college preparatory writing classes at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, Oregon (located in the "dry side" of the state). Addresses students' racism, homophobia, and distrust of their own skills in writing.

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• COMMENT: Someone Else Can Do It Better: In Response to Richard Kostelanetz

  Ron Hansen

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• COMMENT: Kostelanetz’s Rhetoric of Isolation: Or, Sometimes I Feel Lonely Too

  Patrick Bizzaro

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