Reading Uncreative Writing

David Kaufmann teaches literature at George Mason University. He is the author of The Business of Common Life (1995) and Telling Stories: Philip Guston’s Later Works  (2010), as well as a number of articles on poetry and theory.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 The Author as Collector: Kenneth Goldsmith’s Aestheticism.- 3 Isn’t It All Just Bullshit?”: From Uncreative Writing to Warhol and Back.- 4 Writing While White: Uncreative Writing, Racism and Disavowal.- 5 For Expression:  Uncreative Writing, Affect and Critique.- 6 Approaching The Transsubjective: How To Do Things With the MMPI.- 7 Conclusion.