LudditeStreak

Hello everyone. Another newcomer-but-longtime-lurker here, with a question I've been picking over for a while. (Thanks in advance for taking the time!) I recently graduated with a MFA in creative writing and was wondering how it might effect my PhD in Literature applications. I've heard everything from "don't mention it" to "mention it, but don't dwell on it" - the general feeling being that the degree might signal to adcoms and professors that I'm less committed to critical work. Does that sound true to you all, given your experiences/impressions? The MFA was at a top-10 English Dept., with a fellowship, literary journal editorship, and a GTA spot. Basically, it's pretty much all I have going for my academic record so far - my BA being from a relatively unknown SLAC, and my only non-creative pubs being book reviews. I guess I'm wondering if mentioning my creative writing in my SOP would be a bad idea. Is there any way I could present it to my advantage? For what it's worth, my genre (poetry) is also the field of my critical research. Also! I see on some applications where they ask you to list your previous publications. I'm guessing poetry publications (even in solid journals) would look silly there? Thanks so much for your help, and good luck with all your applications. L