Lee -
/Why would you want to ask a PhD in English to "lead"
you? Ph.D.s in English are to the joy of reading
fiction or poetry as firefighters are to fires./
I think I understand Nick's need for a PhD-person... (something about
establishing credibility in the whole City College thing).
But this is the *very same Nick* who just wrote:
/Out of some, I got wonderful wonderful work, and they went on to
take charge of their education, rather than to be victims of it.
Lord how I miss it./
And I (also) say "Why English", why not World Literature or something
more expansive... and for the benefit of the women on this list... why
do we (mostly) read the words of "dead white men"? Really? Without
going all feminist, I'd really like to have more submissions here of
women writers. Until 30 years ago, there weren't that many published...
And responsive to the points made about "whence Poetry" in this
discussion... I offer my (latest) favorite Poet...
Her name is Vera, Vera Pavlova <http://verapavlova.us/> (She shall tell
you the truth and the truth shall make you drool!). She is awesome..
and while she *is* white (but not exactly western, certainly not
American/British) she is not dead and she is not male.
Of course there are exceptions, just as there always
turn out to be a few arsonists in every volunteer
fire department. (You might call them "the Firebug
Variations".) And I'm sure any FRIAM-related Ph.D.s
in English are just like that!
And they are all named Guy Montag (at least on their blogs).
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