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There are only four members of the creative writing Faculty (and an occasional fifth from outside the program). Like most creative classes at Harvard, creative writing classes are limited and require applications...
According to Creative Writing Program Director Natalie Kusz, creative writing applicants number between 250 and 500 a semester. (She says the number surges in the spring, when more students are aware of the program and its application process.) This semester, five instructors are teaching eight classes, each capped at 15 students--meaning there are no more than 120 creative writing students total. Auditors are not allowed. The small size of the classes is key to their purpose--discussion and criticism of reading, generally including the work of participants...
Kusz says that when she first became director of the program two years ago, she was shocked at the number of prospective students who called inquiring about the creative writing concentration. "I would have to tell them that we didn't have one--we had classes. I had to tell them, don't come here depending on that as your future," Kusz says...
...Every new writing Faculty member comes into his or her post knowing that these are five-year positions," Kusz says. "There are no illusions. I'm not sure this affects the structure of the program, except that it reflects a notion that this program is not a program, that it's some individual classes which are here but which do not constitute a program...
...Harvard, the lack of commitment to the creative writing program and its Faculty reflects the College's indifference to the subject and to the students interested in it. A well-rounded education should not just be about studying other people's work--it should involve creating your...