Frontier Issues in Creative Writing in English-Speaking Countries, Creative Writing, Writing Healing and Health Care: An Interview with Janelle Adsit

Janelle Adsit is an associate professor at the California State Polytechnic University Department of English. Her works are a rich tapestry that spans creative writing, environmental humanities, health humanities, and arts in health. She has published several books in recent years are primarily meant to support the teaching of creative writing: Writing Intersectional Identities: Keywords for Creative Writers (co-author with Renée Byrd, 2019); Critical Creative Writing: Essential Readings on the Writer’s Craft (edited collection, 2018); Toward an Inclusive Creative Writing: Threshold Concepts to Guide the Literary Writing Curriculum (2017). Adsit most recently published a book on mindfulness and contemplative practice, epistemic justice, and the environmental humanities. She also conducts writing workshops for community members, particularly in healthcare settings and hospices. Liu Weidong, a Contract Research Fellow at the China Creative Writing Center of Shanghai University and Lecturer at the Creative Writing Research Center of Wenzhou University, conducted this interview in July 2022.