creative writing Archives - The American Scholar

Thine as Ever, P. T. Barnum

By A. H. Saxon | 09/06/2016 |

A scholar offers three utterly fictitious letters he wishes the famous showman had written

The Accident

By Jean McGarry | 09/06/2016 |

On market day in the village, two lives are about to collide

Workshops of Empire

By Stephanie Bastek | 10/13/2015 |

A brief excerpt from Eric Bennett’s new book about creative writing and the Cold War