tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669027158753952.post8787992402770363827..comments2024-01-28T00:29:16.605-08:00Comments on Susan M. Schultz's Blog: Arguing for Poetry During a Recessionsusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934944559857117395noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669027158753952.post-9737327263972205462010-09-03T11:24:23.405-07:002010-09-03T11:24:23.405-07:00Good question, Jill. I went to look and yes, they...Good question, Jill. I went to look and yes, they are still there. All the information is out of date.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934944559857117395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669027158753952.post-16219096769744078112010-09-03T08:17:26.616-07:002010-09-03T08:17:26.616-07:00UH lost five writers from the faculty? Wha? Do th...UH lost five writers from the faculty? Wha? Do their names still appear in the "People" section of the UHM English website?Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796495369795506319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669027158753952.post-12321310187108108952010-09-01T01:01:55.688-07:002010-09-01T01:01:55.688-07:00Thanks, Krystal. While I'm rethinking the Car...Thanks, Krystal. While I'm rethinking the Cardinals, in the wake of the Glenn Beck rally, I'm not rethinking how much I often miss that class you were in. That was a keeper.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934944559857117395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669027158753952.post-44725372338274739922010-08-31T19:52:03.182-07:002010-08-31T19:52:03.182-07:00Hi Susan,
While I have no solution, I would like ...Hi Susan,<br /><br />While I have no solution, I would like to add that during my course work here at UH, my best and most fulfilling courses were indeed poetry courses. From a single poem (Nina Cassian's "Ordeal"), I chose to be an English major. I don't pretend to be a poet, but I have learned how to be a better writer because of studying poetry. My point? For me, poetry provided the meaning I so desperately needed and also helped me segue into other areas of English. I had one professor in particular that exposed me to wonderful poetry and opened my eyes to language. I hear she's also a huge Cardinals fan...<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Krystal<br /><br />KrystalKrib's Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16803031594819490968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669027158753952.post-45446418750467415792010-08-30T20:19:00.065-07:002010-08-30T20:19:00.065-07:00Also, Rodney, I see what you might mean by undermi...Also, Rodney, I see what you might mean by undermining my message, but the journals Tinfish, `oiwi, and Manoa are situated in the English dept. and Bamboo Ridge is run by people who studied, worked, taught at UH. Much of the literary activity here comes out of Manoa; while Honolulu is a city of some 800,000, it's pretty small in many ways.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934944559857117395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669027158753952.post-92043660840871413782010-08-30T20:05:28.445-07:002010-08-30T20:05:28.445-07:00Thanks for the comment, Rodney. I'm not a big...Thanks for the comment, Rodney. I'm not a big MFA pusher, myself, but my chair is. So if he wants to start such a program, methinks he'll need more faculty!<br /><br />And yes, I think MFAs are (or aspire to be) cash cows. Lord knows we could use some cash around here to go with our cows and their deposits!susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934944559857117395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669027158753952.post-47342590707643251262010-08-30T13:23:48.622-07:002010-08-30T13:23:48.622-07:00Hi Susan,
Interesting post, and good luck in the ...Hi Susan,<br /><br />Interesting post, and good luck in the struggle! I'm stuck with two impressions about MFA programs that are probably wrong. One is that they're guaranteed cash cows--that whether people want poetry or not, it seems they'll pay for the privilege of not working for a couple of years to write it, and that cash-strapped universities find MFA programs lucrative, or at least financially self-sustaining. Is that true? <br /><br />The other is that fiction--esp. the memoir and novel--is seen to pay, so MFA students on the prose side nurse the hope they can recoup the losses they sustain in shelling out for the degree. (Though poets with MFAs, I guess, maybe figure they can teach poetry somewhere for $$). Does that play a role in decisions about hires? <br /><br />I guess the tenor of these questions reveals that I'm pretty cynical about the MFA biz, on the prose and poetry side. But I'm heartened by your description (one that might actually work against your arguments for a poetry position with the higher-ups) of how much poetry's happening on the ground there without any help from an MFA program at all. Good luck!rodney khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515711262628729312noreply@blogger.com