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Robert Morgan

I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.

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Robert Morgan believes that the system around teaching and promoting creative writing has not improved the quality or impact of American poetry. He suggests that this industry might have had a negative or limiting effect on the art form rather than supporting its growth.

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