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Author:   Darryl Whetter
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032614120

ISBN 10:   1032614129
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Introduction: On Teaching Creative Writing in Canada without Teaching “How to Make Love in a Canoe” Part I Workshopping the (Canadian) Workshop 1. Can’tLit: (Anglophone) Canada’s Anomalous Disinterest in Creative Writing Doctoral Programs 2. The (Funding) Stories We Tell: Faculty Creative Writing as Nationally Funded University Research 3. Can the Workshop Be Saved? Notes from a Writing-School Dropout—and Former Department Chair 4. Origin Stories, Watersheds and Gendered Politics: On Launching a New Creative Writing MFA 5. Postcards from the Edge: On Launching Canada’s Most Recent MFA Creative Writing Program from a School of Journalism 6. Why, and How, Literary Prizes Matter 7. Supporting First-Time Workshop Leaders in Large Introductory Courses Part II The Canadian CW Playground: Writing-as-Knowing (in Canada and beyond) 8. Poetry as Play: Teaching Poetry to Not-Yet-Poets 9. A Writer in Art School: Fostering Interdisciplinary Experiences in Postsecondary Art & Design Education 10. In Tranquillity: Writing through and beyond Ekphrasis 11. Listening Out and In 12. Generous Writing: Teaching the Avant-Garde Part III Letters Home 13. MFA vs. NYC vs. MBA 14. From the Pool to the Page: What Coaching Swimming Taught Me about Teaching Creative Writing 15. The Climate Crisis in the Creative Writing Classroom 16. Shaggy Dog Queer Comedies, Handshake Deals and Speaking Back to Power: An Interview with Multi-Genre, LBGTIQA+ Writer Prof. Natalie Meisner Index

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Darryl Whetter is Professor of English Literature and Creative Writing at Université Sainte-Anne, Canada. He is the author of four books of fiction and three poetry collections, including the climate-crisis novel Our Sands (2020). He is also the editor of The Best Asian Short Stories 2022 (2023) and Teaching Creative Writing in Asia (2021).

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