As a teacher of composition I struggle with how best to teach writing. As a fiction writer who teaches College Writing I struggle with the ways we (the academy) categorize writing –creative writing usually means poetry and fiction, composition usually means non-fiction expository writing. However, as writers and teachers of writing we all know these lines are blurred and become blurred in our classrooms regardless of the type of writing we are teaching. This month the Atlantic Monthly is also raising these questions in a forum called “Why American Students Can’t Write”. See what a range of guest panelists have to say and feel free to post your own thoughts here.
P.S. One of the Atlantic Monthly’s guest panelists is Dorothea Lasky, UMass Writing Program and MFA Alum!