University of Arkansas’ pioneering creative writing program
February 14, 2014 9:18 a.m.
FAYETTEVILLE — Merlee Harrison and the former Gen Whitehead have a vested interest in the University of Arkansas’ pioneering creative writing program. Their late husbands, Bill Harrison and Jim Whitehead, lifted the program to national prominence . Former students and their professors gathered at the Harrison home on Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville the night of Jan. 31 as the wives announced creation of the William N. Harrison and James T. Whitehead Creative Writing Endowment. Whitehead founded the creative writing program in 1965, Harrison came aboard the next year and renowned poet Miller Williams joined them a year after that.
