Layoffs are nothing new in Silicon Valley, as company after company announces the departure of employees by the hundreds or thousands. Yet Stanford University’s announcement that 23 creative writing instructors will be edged out and replaced has been labeled a “scandal,” inspiring a national backlash, a petition to reverse the decision — and suspicion from an American treasure of literary achievement.
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