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.
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Foreword – Anna Leahy
Part 1: Understanding the Larger Influences
1. Personal Therapeutic Writing vs. Literary Writing – Nancy Kuhl
2. Who Cares—and How: The Value and Cost of Nurturing – Anna Leahy
3. Inspiration, Creativity, and Crisis: The Romantic Myth of the Writer Meets the Contemporary Classroom – Brent Royster
4. Reinventing Writing Classrooms: The Combination of Creating and Composing – Evie Yoder Miller
5. The Double Bind and Stumbling Blocks: A Case Study as an Argument for Authority-Conscious Pedagogy – Carl Vandermeulen
Part 2: The Teacher’s Place, Voice, and Style
6. Teaching and Evaluation: Why Bother? – Mary Cantrell
7. Who’s the Teacher?: From Student to Mentor – Audrey Petty
8. The Pregnant Muse: Assumptions, Authority, and Accessibility – Rachel Hall
9. Dismantling Authority: Teaching What We Do Not Know – Katharine Haake
Part 3: Course Design
10. Contracts, Radical Revision, Portfolios, and the Risks of Writing – Wendy Bishop
11. An ‘A’ for Effort: How Grading Policies Shape Courses – Suzanne Greenberg
12. Gender and Authorship: How Assumptions Shape Perceptions and Pedagogies – Susan Hubbard
13. Writing the Community: Service Learning in Creative Writing – Argie Manolis
Part 4: In the Classroom
14. Where Do You Want Me To Sit?: Defining Authority through Metaphor – Cathy Day
15. Duck, Duck, Turkey: Using Encouragement To Structure Workshop Assignments – Mary Swander
16. How To Avoid Workshop Dilemmas: The Use of Myth to Teach Writerly Concepts – Amy Sage Webb
17. Writing in the Shadows: Topics, Models, and Audiences that Focus on Language – Sandy Feinstein
Afterword
The Reason It Is: the Rhyme It Isn’t – Graeme Harper and Stephanie Vanderslice