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The Elephants Teach: Creative Writing Since 1880 (Updated Edition) by David Gershom Myers Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-226-55454-6 / 0226554546 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-55454-9 / 9780226554549 When Vladimir Nabokov was up for a chair in literature at Harvard, the linguist Roman Jakobson protested: "What's next? Shall we appoint elephants to teach zoology?" That anecdote, with which D. G. Myers begins "The Elephants Teach", perfectly frames the issues this book tackles. Myers explores more |