Who Gets to Write Fiction?: Rethinking Creative Writing in 21st Century English Language Arts

by Ariel Sacks

Get ready to rethink creative writing in the 21st century At a time when there's a dangerous (and, misinformed) collective idea that fiction is some kind of "fluff" that doesn't prepare kids for college--and that non-fiction is the only thing that's valuable when it comes to the written word and bettering our society--Sacks offers a powerful message: reading literature is vitally important for young people. Literary works are worth much more than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119441803
• ISBN13: 9781119441809
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 176 Pages