Theme Essay by Jason J. Griffith
There are no hard-and-fast rules about the ethics of spoilers, only the social consequences of being judged as uncouth.
Teaching
Spoilers in English Class
Oct 19, 2015
J. Robert Lennon: “Literary Fiction Is a Genre, Too”
May 01, 2013
TW Interview by Lorraine Berry
The nice thing about literary fiction is that it can be anything it wants.
The nice thing about literary fiction is that it can be anything it wants.
Teaching Writing When the Unimaginable Happens
Mar 18, 2013
Essay by Lorraine Berry
I assumed that Columbine had nothing new to teach me this time around, but my students showed me I was wrong.
Elizabeth Bishop at Harvard
Jan 21, 2013
Theme Essay by Robert Boucheron
Her idea of the poet was old-fashioned—a custodian of language.
What’s a Creative Writing Program Good For?
Jan 14, 2013
Book Review by Fred Setterberg
More than a few graduates do recollect the Workshop’s warts: episodes of cutthroat competition, the classroom’s sexual jungle.
What Students Need: a BS Detector
Oct 19, 2012
TW Opinion by Lorraine Berry
Here’s what I see each semester when I look out at the crop of new faces: terror.
Robert Olen Butler: "The Danger of Wanting to Be a Writer”
Feb 06, 2012
TW Interview by Lorraine Berry
When people get frustrated because they don’t know what the book is about, it’s because they’re trying to turn it into a college term paper.
What Writing Program Critics Don’t Know
Oct 10, 2011
Theme Essay by Theresa Williams
They think people are either born to be writers or they’re not.
The Ache of Writing
Sep 26, 2011
Theme Essay by Ann Lightcap Bruno
One of my students told me, 'So I closed my eyes and wrote on the dark insides of my eyelids.'
The Search for a Snapper
Sep 19, 2011
TW Column by Emily Toth
The liveliest, best-paced writing ends each paragraph with a snapper.
