Most of the charm of this short, funny book about academia is in the snarkiness and sheer inappropriateness of the letters of reference written by Professor Jason Fitger. These letters of reference form the entire contents of the novel, and it's something of a triumph of ingenuity over form that the...
This is a follow up to Dear Committee Members, which I loved. Fitger has been elevated to department chair and is struggling to bring the English department together in order to survive the incursion of the Economics Department. Dear Committee Members was very nearly sublime in its satire and sne...
I'm stuck in this weird position where I can't move for the last 12 hours. I can basically use the computer and reach the giant stack of books my friend dragged into the room when she set me up (and thankfully fed the cat - who has knocked over the books...) Anyway, I finished Owen Meany which is a ...
Jason Fitger is a beleaguered professor of creative writing and literature at Payne University, a small and not very distinguished liberal arts college in the midwest. His department is facing draconian cuts and squalid quarters, while one floor above them the Economics Department is getting lavishl...
As the title might suggest, this is an epistolary novel, told in the form of letters from a harried professor of English and creative writing at a mid-level liberal arts college in the U.S. mid-west. Many are letters of recommendation for current or former students, whom he remembers to varying de...
I’ve worked in academia long enough to know how fraught it can be. In addition to teaching, research, writing, and all the things we do as part of our regular jobs, we also have to justify our existence. Speaking for libraries, we have to prove and reprove that we are having a measurable positive im...
Loved this book as it was very interesting. The point of view is of a girl whose sister has depression and kind of doesn't fully understand what is going on. I really liked it. I think it is an eye opener. It is a great book for teens
We moved into the country last month and this week I have been driving into town every day to sit with my mother as she had surgery on Monday. I decided to try a book on CD instead of listening to the radio during the drive and I am hooked! I listen to my first audio read a while back but I did it w...
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