The Trouble with Poetry

November 20th, 2010

is that it isn’t being taught. MIT recently came under fire for dropping its advanced poetry workshop in order to enroll students in “Communicating with Mobile Technology” and “Writing for Social Media.” Its updated terminal offering in the genre is “Introduction to Poetry.” Regarding the change, MIT lecturer Erica Funkhouser says, “Really. I couldn’t be sorrier.”

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