Speaking only for myself: I taught YA writing, where dystopian novels have long been popular, and (if I were teaching now) it would be fascinating (and relevant!) to discuss how imagination falls short, how reality can/must inform our approach to this kind of material, can we still instill hope...
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Jeff Sharlet
I teach creative writing. Arguably a topic with really no organic connection to the moment. Some students think so. But isn’t the erasure of swathes of words from current use in vast sections of life touched by Feds an issue for writers? It is, of course. Language always is. 9/
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