Writing Problems: Creative Reading

Koch, Markson, Brooks, Dugan, Kunitz, Jeffers, Emanuel

I suspect the real purpose of writing classes and workshops is not to teach people how to write. Even if that were the purpose, there is a surplus of writers as it is. Kenneth Koch, in “My Olivetti Speaks,” put it this way:

The purpose of a writing class should be to teach people how to read. Creative reading is as essential as creative writing, yet this…