The engines that have driven poetry's institutional success — the explosion of academic writing programs, the proliferation of subsidized magazines and presses, the emergence of a creative-writing career track, and the migration of American literary culture to the university — have unwittingly contributed to its disappearance from public view.


Essays - Can Poetry Matter? (1991)

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The engines that have driven poetry's institutional success — the explosion of academic writing programs, the proliferation of subsidized magazines ...

The engines that have driven poetry's institutional success — the explosion of academic writing programs, the proliferation of subsidized magazines ...

The engines that have driven poetry's institutional success — the explosion of academic writing programs, the proliferation of subsidized magazines ...

The engines that have driven poetry's institutional success — the explosion of academic writing programs, the proliferation of subsidized magazines ...