Against Creative Writing Studies (and for Ish-ness)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
"When I talk about my work that might now be claimed by creative writing studies, I refer to it as scholarship in or writing about creative writing pedagogy and the profession. That’s how I note it in my annual and promotion reviews and how I phrase it in my contributor’s note. This work has counted—I’ve been acknowledged for this work—at a medium-sized open-enrollment state university and at small and medium-sized comprehensive private institutions. I don’t use the term creative writing studies to refer to what I do. Despite my longstanding aspiration to explore creative writing pedagogy, creativity, and the profession, this article is a declaration against the de rigueur term."
Recommended Citation
Leahy, Anna (2016) "Against Creative Writing Studies (and for Ish-ness)," Journal of Creative Writing Studies: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 5.
Available at: http://scholarworks.rit.edu/jcws/vol1/iss1/5
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
RIT Scholar Works
Comments
This article was originally published in Journal of Creative Writing Studies, volume 1, issue 1, in 2016.