Marilyn Hacker - I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I ...

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I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider the number of American poets who earn their living teaching creative writing in universities. I've ended up doing that myself.

Marilyn Hacker

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Ich frage mich, was es für die amerikanische Literaturkultur und ihre Verbreitung bedeutet, wenn ich die Anzahl amerikanischer Dichter bedenke, die ihren Lebensunterhalt verdienen, indem sie kreatives Schreiben an Universitäten lehren. Ich habe es am Ende selbst gemacht.

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