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Dave Griffith, vice president and Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education at Chautauqua Institution, joins the podcast this episode to speak on his extensive background as a writer and teacher, what he's looking forward to in his first season at Chautauqua, plus a preview of 2018 programming in his areas of responsibility, including the literary arts, continuing-education and youth programming. See a full and up-to-date schedule of all 2018 programs at chq.org/2018.

Griffith is a writer and educator who before Chautauqua served as director of creative writing at Interlochen Center for the Arts. At Interlochen, Griffith is credited with dramatically reinventing the creative writing program, comprising a pre-professional arts boarding school and a summer arts camp for young people. Prior to his work at Interlochen, Griffith was an assistant professor of English at Sweet Briar College for six years, among other university posts, and director of creative writing at the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts. He is the author of the acclaimed book A Good War is Hard to Find: The Art of Violence in America, which received critical acclaim from, among others, The New York Times Book Review. He is completing his second book, Pyramid Scheme: Making Art and Being Broke in America. Follow him on Twitter at @poorerthandead.

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Dave Griffith, vice president and Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education at Chautauqua Institution, joins the podcast this episode to speak on his extensive background as a writer and teacher, what he's looking forward to in his first season at Chautauqua, plus a preview of 2018 programming in his areas of responsibility, including the literary arts, continuing-education and youth programming. See a full and up-to-date schedule of all 2018 programs at chq.org/2018.

Griffith is a writer and educator who before Chautauqua served as director of creative writing at Interlochen Center for the Arts. At Interlochen, Griffith is credited with dramatically reinventing the creative writing program, comprising a pre-professional arts boarding school and a summer arts camp for young people. Prior to his work at Interlochen, Griffith was an assistant professor of English at Sweet Briar College for six years, among other university posts, and director of creative writing at the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts. He is the author of the acclaimed book A Good War is Hard to Find: The Art of Violence in America, which received critical acclaim from, among others, The New York Times Book Review. He is completing his second book, Pyramid Scheme: Making Art and Being Broke in America. Follow him on Twitter at @poorerthandead.

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