You can't understand "creative writing" in USA without understanding the popular front. Creative Writing was designed to neutralize the PF.
@alexanderchee 1930/1940s outpouring of radical cultural products from radicalized poor whites and non-white (i.e. Citizen Kane, Native Son)
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@HeerJeet my sense of "creative writing" as a term was that it was generated by English departments, provosts, categorizations. -
@alexanderchee Right, mostly came from such institutions (sometimes more grassroots like Black Mountain or Clarion). - Show replies
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@HeerJeet anecdotally I remember when it became popular in the late 90s in course books--before that it was poetry/fiction/nonfiction.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet a term for gen-ed courses.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@alexanderchee Why Citizen Kane, out of curiosity? Definitely emerged from PF background but Welles & Mank weren't exactly poor.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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