{"product_id":"after-the-program-era-loren-glass-9781609384395","title":"After the Program Era: The Past, Present, and Future of Creative Writing in the University","description":"The publication in 2009 of Mark McGurl's \u003ci\u003eThe Program Era \u003c\/i\u003eprovoked a sea change in the study of postwar literature. Even though almost every English department in the United States housed some version of a creative writing program by the time of its publication, literary scholars had not previously considered that this institutional phenomenon was historically significant. McGurl's groundbreaking book effectively established that \"the rise of the creative writing program stands as the most important event in postwar American literary history,\" forcing us to revise our understanding not only of the relationship between higher education and literary production, but also of the periodizing terminology we had previously used to structure our understanding of twentieth-century literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter the Program Era\u003c\/i\u003e explores the consequences and implications, as well as the lacunae and liabilities, of McGurl's foundational intervention. Glass focuses only on American fiction and the traditional MFA program, and this collection aims to expand and examine its insights in terms of other genres and sites. Postwar poetry, in particular, has until now been neglected as a product of the Program Era, even though it is, arguably, a \"purer\" example, since poets now depend almost entirely on the patronage of the university. Similarly, this collection looks beyond the traditional MFA writing program to explore the pre-history of writing programs in American universities, as well as alternatives to the traditionally structured program that have emerged along the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taken together, the essays in \u003ci\u003eAfter the Program Era\u003c\/i\u003e seek to answer and explore many of these questions and continue the conversations McGurl only began. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e CONTRIBUTORS \u003cbr\u003e Seth Abramson, Greg Barnhisel, Eric Bennett, Matthew Blackwell, Kelly Budruweit, Mike Chasar, Simon During\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eDonal Harris, Michael Hill, Benjamin Kirbach, Sean McCann, Mark McGurl, Marija Rieff, Juliana Spahr, Stephen Voyce, Stephanie Young \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Loren Glass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609384393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609384395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2017","brand":"Loren Glass","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065749057791,"sku":"9781609384395","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f4d1dca-da66-4ee4-a329-9e42966c4da4.jpg?v=1768677012","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-the-program-era-loren-glass-9781609384395","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}