zahavasdad, The only problem is 99% of the people going to cuny colleges majoring in english lit are not realistically going to earn a parnasa for themselves as writers. Talk about a low probability success rate.
And while I do wholeheartedly agree with you that artscroll english writers cant hold a flame to legendary authors such as Twain or Dickens, the purpose of artscroll english is usually to translate the Hebrew on a practical level. Its not poetry or novels.