A review by schmub
The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing by Mark McGurl

4.0

A compelling argument that places the creative writing program at the center of postwar fiction. It's a premise that makes so much sense and an argument so persuasive that in retrospect I can't believe someone hasn't carried out this analysis already. It's also extremely readable. My only major complaint is that the book doesn't need to be as long as it is.