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The article The usefulness of the art of writing (An elephant versus the Polish issue) refers to the reconstruction and deconstruction of stereotypes encountered in teaching creative writing at Polish universities. In the introductory part, the author briefly recreates the history of the presence of creative writing courses in Poland, while in the main part he analyses the reasons for their current popularity as well as the problems and prejudices that both lecturers and adepts of writing studies struggle with.