12. The First Book

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Part 1. Introduction
6. 1. Telling Time, Making Use, Turning Together: Conversations in Creative Writing 3
7. Part 2. Pedagogy
8. 2. Where Are We Going in Creative Writing Pedagogy? 21
9. 3. Good Counsel: Creative Writing, the Imagination, and Teaching 38
10. 4. Writerly Reading in the Creative Writing Course 52
11. Part 3. Programs
12. 5. Text(ure), Modeling, Collage: Creative Writing and the Visual Arts 69
13. 6. More Than the Sum of Our Parts: Variety in Graduate Programs 89
14. 7. The Bold and the Beautiful: Rethinking Undergraduate Models 105
15. 8. The Program Beyond the Program 122
16. Part 4. The Profession
17. 9. Creative Writing (Re)Defined 141
18. 10. Terms & Trends: Creative Writing and the Academy 157
19. Part 5. Careers
20. 11. Peas in a Pod: Trajectories of Educations and Careers 175
21. 12. The First Book 193
22. 13. Taking the Stage, Stage Fright, Center Stage: Careers Over Time 202
23. Part 6. Conclusions
24. 14. Political, Practical and Philosophical Considerations for the Future 219
25. About the Authors 232