Dear Committee Members (Hardcover)

from Beamis12

The novel is a series of letters, recommendations and posts from a Professor of English and Creative writing at Payne University. Form these posts we learn of the Professors frustration at the state of the building where his office is as well as that of this whole program in general. Of the imped...

from horomnizon

We learn about the main character through his letters of recommendation - whether for his colleagues, old friends, or students, the reader often learns more about the protagonist than the people for whom he is writing the letters. It is a humorous romp through the life of an academic - one who si...

from SusieH5

A very amusing look at aspects of academic life through the eyes of Jason T. Fitger, Professor of Creative Writing and English. His creative writing skills are much in evidence as he is regularly required to write references for students, sometimes students with little or no talents, or almost un...

from lkernagh

Schumacher story conveys a message of social criticism and outrage for beleaguered, underfunded and under-appreciated creative writing departments of higher academia, but she does so in a refreshingly unique manner by using epistolary as her format of choice for story telling. I love epistolary n...

from Overgaard

begins funny - becomes tedious - compare w Jane Smiley's MOO and you'll see