Creative writing often takes a backseat in schools—confined mostly to ELA classrooms, and even there, used sparingly. But teachers like Ariel Sacks, a middle school teacher, author, and instructional ...

Alice Walker. Charles Bukowski. Louise Erdrich. Juan Felipe Herrera. These are just some of the authors who received a Creative Writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts over the ...

For decades the program has supported writers who would become big names – Alice Walker, Michael Cunningham, Louise Erdrich and more. Last week,... Alice Walker. Charles Bukowski. Louise Erdrich. Juan ...