Colleges which produce best writers

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<p>^^^ I had to laugh. Even though Amherst is one of my top choices, and I’ve met Dan Brown and he’s actually a very nice guy.</p>

<p>Bump, though, because this thread is (was) interesting…</p>

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<p>I thought JHU had a good writing program–I don’t know about the quality of the writers it has produced though.</p>

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<p>Hollins University (women’s college) has produced a large number of well known authors. An excellent program. </p>

<p>Kenyon is also well known for its authors.</p>

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<p>Joyce Carol Oates
August Derleth
Lorraine Hansberry
bell hooks
Marjorie Rawlings
Eudora Welty
Saul Bellow</p>

<p>Wisconsin-Madison</p>

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<p>I dare you to go to a Jesuit college and not learn how to write.</p>

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<p>.Hamilton.</p>

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<p>Smith College</p>

<p>Sylvia Plath - poet
Margret Edson – Pulitzer Prize
Molly Ivins – columnist and author
Margaret Mitchell – Gone with the Wind
Madeline L’Engle - A Wrinkle in Time and others
Gloria Steinem – magazine founding editor
Betty Friedan – autho
Ruth Ozeki
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Julia Child – Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Meg Greenfield – Pulitzer Prize</p>

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<p>Jodi Picoult- Princeton University</p>

<p>John Irving - Iowa’s Creative Writing Masters Program</p>

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<p>College of Wooster</p>

<p>Every student (because there is no honors college) has to write a Junior Thesis (approx. 40 pages) and a Senior Thesis (nationally renowned for their independent study program) its an 80-120 page paper and you have to go infront of a panel at the end to defend your thesis. </p>

<p>After I transferred after Junior Year, I was told that my writing skills were well above other students in my class.</p>

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<p>Yepp, Iowa has a great writers workshop program.</p>

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<p>[Cornell</a> Writers | Entire List](<a href=“http://www.writers.cornell.edu/entirelist/]Cornell”>http://www.writers.cornell.edu/entirelist/)</p>

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<p>Michael Chabon - University of Pittsburgh
Nathan Englander - SUNY Binghamton</p>

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<p>Great list monydad!!! Thank you!</p>

<p>here is the list from Iowa</p>

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<p>While this is a noble effort, the OP should be just about ready to graduate college. This thread was started in 2006.</p>

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<p>yes, I noticed that, but I found it and was curious as I have children about to enter college. Sorry if it bothers you. Perhaps I should have started a new one, but thought this one had worthy information.</p>