In a message dated 1/26/02 5:28:11 GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
. Many creative writing courses _are_
workshops. Certaily for some new to writing they help, & the people I know
who do them insist that their students _read_.
I am sure you are right from your end of the world..........I think the situation in Canada, from what I know of it, is much better than in Eng. More experimentation and openness...... My experience with the academic set-up here is that there is a terrible dreary consensus about what poetry is, and students are carefully taught not to disturb it. There will be notable exceptions of course (I am sure Matthew Francis is one!)
Liz
