I was lucky enough to take my first creative writing class in high school, and I was instantly hooked. I went on to take classes in college, and then even after I graduated. So, if you're about to ...

A new group of talented writers has entered the literary world. Earlier this month, the College of Arts and Sciences graduated its first class of Creative Writing MFA students. The low-residency ...

Our largest untapped resource for innovation and a growing economy is not solar or wind power. It's not social networking or electric vehicles. It is the many millions of people who have the free time ...

18The Long Plot to Escape From Work 19The Artist Isn’t Dead View All I studied to be a painter in college and had what I now know is a pretty common experience. My fellow students and I produced ...

The following post is an abridged excerpt from my new book, The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited. When I first wrote Rise of the Creative Class, I looked at the creative class as one whole unit.