"The Practice of Creative Writing breaks down the process of creativity in a way that makes creativity accessible for any student. I love this book and wouldn’t consider teaching with any other."
— Karyn Smith, Housatonic Community College
"It’s a text that provides beginning instructors with a foundation from which to grow as an instructor. It is not only an excellent tool for students, it is an excellent tool for course design."
— Kirk Jones, SUNY Canton
"It is more useful to an introductory creative writing course than any other text I have used in the past."
— Martha Marinara, University of Central Florida
"Finally there’s a text that combines the best of process pedagogy with insightful writing prompts and engaging published pieces that spark the imaginative desires in all of us."
— Megan Fulwiler, College of St. Rose
"An extremely helpful tool for beginning creative writers. A textbook focused on clarity — one that wrestles with the topics of writing that are most hard to describe in plain language. It’s an achievement of plain language, actually."
— Geoffrey Forsyth, Iowa Writing Festival, University of Iowa