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.
“Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity.”
“I've been doing my job well for 17 years. People must see something in me. Otherwise, I'd be over and out.”