“Given the devaluation of literature and of the study of foreign languages per se in the United States, as well as the preponderance of theory over text in graduate literature studies, creative writing programs keep literature courses populated.”
“The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia.”
| Dean Acheson, Statesman (1893) |
| Dorothy Allison, Writer (1949) |
| Alessandra Ambrosio, Model (1981) |
| William Wallace Campbell, Scientist (1862) |
| George Canning, Statesman (1770) |
| Jennifer Esposito, Actress (1973) |
| Edward Everett, Statesman (1794) |
| Vincent Gallo, Actor (1961) |
| Kelli Garner, Actress (1984) |
| Thomas Harris, Author (1940) |
| Richard Harding Davis, Journalist (1916) |