<<And a follow up question to those two. Both Jon L.
Jackson and James Crumley were under Raymond Carver's
tutelage in some form or another during their early writing
lives: How does Carver's influence turn up in their work? Or
perhaps the question should be, does his influence show up in
their work?>>
Both Crumley and Jackson have a superior technique. That's
the obvious part. I don't know to what extent Carver
influenced them personally, or whether there is any trace of
such influence in their writings. I don't see much
resemblance between the late Carver and his former students.
That probably means that he was a good teacher. Didn't
someone mention that Constantine had also been in Carver's
Iowa workshop? I've never heard this anywhere but here (I
forget who mentioned it).
I think another superior writer who passed through Iowa is
Stephen Greenleaf.
Regards,
MrT
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