Making the Literature of A Nation: University Creative Writing Programs at the Cutting Edge
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‘The first creative writing class started in America at Iowa University in 1936 and the first creative writing student was someone called Robert Frost. They (Americans) have that long tradition that we don’t have. We think it’s new and snazzy, but it’s a very good environment to be in where you’re no longer just debating dead authors, no longer just accepting what your lecturers tell you or critiquing the critics. You are actually involved in making the literature of this country and I think that’s the very, very cutting edge point where things are happening. It’s rare that there’s somebody out there in a wilderness in a garret writing great stuff. It’s more likely you’ll find good writers coming through the institutions.’ Brian Castro
Brian Castro at the Adelaide Writers' Festival
Brian Castro is Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide which hosts the Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership.
To watch a video of Brian discussing Memory, Creative Writing, Translation and Meloncholy at the 2010 Adelaide Writers Festival, click on this site: http://www.themonthly.com.au/meet-author-brian-castro-adelaide-writers-week-p2-2404