http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/06/does-it-come-with-a-set-of-ginzu-knives/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/06/does-it-come-with-a-set-of-ginzu-knives/#comment-524 C. S. Miranda Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:35:52 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=250#comment-524 Ph. Ds are so in vogue lately. They suggest a level of intellectual hierarchy that doesn't apply in creative fields. In the arts, Ph.Ds are simply qualitatively different, not hierarchicaly superior. They are by their nature research and objectively oriented degrees. An MFA is a terminal degree because a practicing artist is a creatively engaged agent. (There's no Ph.D. in Culinary Arts. Chefs COOK, they don't TALK about cooking.) Ph. D in Creative Writing? It's a degree in Modern Literature, fundamentally. If I'm an undergrad planning an academic career, maybe I'd skip the MFA and go for the the PhD to increase my awareness on both the consumer and creative end of literature. If you've already got an MFA, or better yet a book, it's a redundant indulgence. Ph. Ds are so in vogue lately. They suggest a level of intellectual hierarchy that doesn’t apply in creative fields. In the arts, Ph.Ds are simply qualitatively different, not hierarchicaly superior. They are by their nature research and objectively oriented degrees. An MFA is a terminal degree because a practicing artist is a creatively engaged agent. (There’s no Ph.D. in Culinary Arts. Chefs COOK, they don’t TALK about cooking.) Ph. D in Creative Writing? It’s a degree in Modern Literature, fundamentally. If I’m an undergrad planning an academic career, maybe I’d skip the MFA and go for the the PhD to increase my awareness on both the consumer and creative end of literature. If you’ve already got an MFA, or better yet a book, it’s a redundant indulgence.
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/06/does-it-come-with-a-set-of-ginzu-knives/#comment-523 Rich Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:13:12 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=250#comment-523 A Ph.D. in creative writing? Negatory. A Ph.D. in English Lit, or Latino studies? Now that's more my speed. I like having options. I don't need to drop a dissertation on writing. People spew that literary caca in the pages of various highbrow literary journals without having to spend the extra money. A Ph.D. in creative writing? Negatory. A Ph.D. in English Lit, or Latino studies? Now that’s more my speed. I like having options. I don’t need to drop a dissertation on writing. People spew that literary caca in the pages of various highbrow literary journals without having to spend the extra money.
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/06/does-it-come-with-a-set-of-ginzu-knives/#comment-522 Tara Betts Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:18:03 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=250#comment-522 I outright refuse to get a Ph.D. in creative writing. I'd rather go to get a doctorate in another discipline and just read a great deal without accruing more debt. I second an earlier comment with my own twist, Patricia--don't drink the Kool-Aid. I outright refuse to get a Ph.D. in creative writing. I’d rather go to get a doctorate in another discipline and just read a great deal without accruing more debt. I second an earlier comment with my own twist, Patricia–don’t drink the Kool-Aid.
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/06/does-it-come-with-a-set-of-ginzu-knives/#comment-521 Jonathan Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:24:17 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=250#comment-521 Don't buy the hype. Don’t buy the hype.
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/06/does-it-come-with-a-set-of-ginzu-knives/#comment-520 Mark Eleveld Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:14:54 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=250#comment-520 Morning Patricia, There is a piece in Redux called 'Candler' by James Nave, I cheated a little and slipped it in the 'Prose' section, could easily be the start of a good, poetic, novel. He writes in line with Burke...add Carson McCullers, Kerouac of course, even Ian McEwan. Morning Patricia,
There is a piece in Redux called ‘Candler’ by James Nave, I cheated a little and slipped it in the ‘Prose’ section, could easily be the start of a good, poetic, novel. He writes in line with Burke…add Carson McCullers, Kerouac of course, even Ian McEwan.
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