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How Creative Writing Programs De-Politicized Fiction

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In the shadow of the Cold War, the rise of creative writing programs and ‘show don’t tell’ philosophy drained fiction of its political bite.

How Creative Writing Programs De-Politicized Fiction Originally published in our magazine’s hallowed print edition 2022 Jan/Feb Details In the shadow of the Cold War, the rise of creative writing programs and ‘show don’t tell’ philosophy drained fiction of its political bite. Annie Levin filed 18 April 2022 in Literature If I were to devise a scene that showed the starting point for modern American literature, I would begin in a creative writing classroom in the 1950s. A group of young people has been corralled into a seminar room where an instructor, in horn rim glasses and herringbone blazer

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