The Road Less Taken and the Ivory Tower: Getting Creative about Creative Careers
Document Type
Presentation
Presentation Date
4-8-2010
Abstract or Description
Poets, fiction, and nonfiction writers with different degrees and career tracks discuss the skills and strategies that helped them succeed, including why we should look beyond the MFA vs. PhD argument into the roles of writing programs today, what academic searches really value, how academic careers interact with creative careers, and why finding alternatives that keep us prolific, creative, and advocating for the art is an essential strategy for success.
Sponsorship/Conference/Institution
Associated Writers and Writing Programs Annual Conference (AWP)
Location
Denver, CO
Recommended Citation
Valeri, Laura E..
2010.
"The Road Less Taken and the Ivory Tower: Getting Creative about Creative Careers."
Department of Writing and Linguistics Faculty Presentations.
Presentation 17.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/writing-linguistics-facpres/17
