M McGurl sends this query: For a book I'm writing on creative writing programs, I wonder if anyone could tell me: Did VN ever go on record about the phenomenon of the creative writing program, or creative writing instruction in general? One assumes that the sticky group-ness and aesthetic populism of the phenomenon would have turned him off completely. But since Cornell became committed to this new discipline immediately after WWII, it would have been "in the air" when he was there. Did he ever have or was he ever approached with the idea of being a creative writing instructor rather than a language teacher and lecturer? Many thanks. Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html Search archive with Google: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm
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