So, I'm applying to Brown for a Ph.D. in seventeenth-century lit. I'm afraid I also write poems, and I chose to apply to Brown, at least in part, because the creative writing program there is first water. I'd hope, in an unofficial capacity, to affiliate myself with the folks in Literary Arts. My sense, dithering around on the website, is that there's maybe some bad blood between English and L.A. Is this the case? Does anyone affiliated with either program know? Should I mention my interest in Literary Arts in my SoP?