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I recall an interview in which VN was asked if he would speak about an unfinished novel and likened it exploratory surgery on a fetus.
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M McGurl sends this query:
For a book I'm writing on creative writing programs, I wonder if anyone could
tell me:
Did VN ever go on record about the phenomenon of the creative writing program,
or creative writing
instruction in general?
One assumes that the sticky group-ness and aesthetic populism of the phenomenon
would have
turned him off completely. But since Cornell became committed to this new
discipline immediately
after WWII, it would have been "in the air" when he was there. Did he ever have
or was he ever
approached with the idea of being a creative writing instructor rather than a
language teacher and
lecturer?
Many thanks.
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From: NABOKV-L <NABOKV-L@HOLYCROSS.EDU>
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Sent: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:11 am
Subject: [NABOKV-L] QUERY: VN and creative writing programs
M McGurl sends this query:
For a book I'm writing on creative writing programs, I wonder if anyone could
tell me:
Did VN ever go on record about the phenomenon of the creative writing program,
or creative writing
instruction in general?
One assumes that the sticky group-ness and aesthetic populism of the phenomenon
would have
turned him off completely. But since Cornell became committed to this new
discipline immediately
after WWII, it would have been "in the air" when he was there. Did he ever have
or was he ever
approached with the idea of being a creative writing instructor rather than a
language teacher and
lecturer?
Many thanks.
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