The Chronicle of Higher Education

Why Creative-Writing Programs Have Been Havens for Harassment

March 08, 2018

People in almost every industry have been speaking out about sexual harassment and assault in the workplace as part of the #MeToo movement. Academe, with its high barriers to entry, hierarchical structure, and emphasis on mentor-mentee relationships, has yielded many of those stories. While the issue seems to exist in almost every discipline, one comes up again and again: creative writing.

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