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“Dear Committee Members,” by Julie Schumacher | The New Yorker
An ambitious new book sees hidden currents linking writers as disparate as Colette, Thomas Mann, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, Ralph Ellison, ...
In A Funny New Novel, A Weary Professor Writes To 'Dear ... - NPR
Like the best works of farce, academic or otherwise, Dear Committee Members deftly mixes comedy with social criticism and righteous outrage. By ...
Julie Schumacher's novel Dear Committee Members, reviewed.
An epistolary novel consisting entirely of fictionalized letters of recommendation penned by professor Jason Fitger (failed novelist, failed husband, ...
Dear Committee Members reviewed - The Cincinnati Review
In Julie Schumacher's Dear Committee Members, Jason Fitger has had enough. He's a former novelist, has had several divorces, and works as a burnt-out creative ...
Book Review: Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
Dear Committee Members is a clever epistolary novel mainly composed of letters of recommendation written by Jay Fitger, a cynical creative ...
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Dear Committee Members is a masterfully written epistolary novel. Through a collection of letters from downtrodden English and Creative Writing professor, ...
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Dear Committee Members contains two of my favourite literary tropes, mixing a hint of the campus novel with an epistolary structure.
DEAR COMMITTEE MEMBERS - Kirkus Reviews
A disgruntled English professor pours out his hopes, affections and frustrations in an interconnected series of recommendation letters.
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
Dear Committee Members succeeds as a wry, highly intelligent parody of academia but Fitger is not only a caricature of a beleaguered professor ...
The verdict: Dear Committee Members is a fast, smart read. It's laugh-out-loud-funny, assuming you get the somewhat inside jokes. It's also a biting commentary ...
Review: Dear Committee Members - BookPeople
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher reviewed by Andrew H. A novel full of letters of recommendation? I did not really know what to ...
Dear Committee Members | Julie Schumacher
A series of hilarious letters of recommendation that Fitger is endlessly called upon by his students and colleagues to produce, each one of which is a small ...
Dear Committee Members is a book for anyone who has ever taught at, studied at, or been within five miles of a university.
Dear Committee Members is an amusing look at one academic's life as he attempts to iron out problems in his professional and personal spheres.
Schumacher flexes these letters to tell the story of an egotistical, disgruntled, and often well-meaning professor of English under the stresses ...
Review: Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
My only criticism of the book is that I wanted to know more background about the characters. How and why did Jay's marriage fall apart? Why is ...
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
Category: General Fiction ; Rating: 4.5/5 ; Reviewer: Susmita Chatto · Reviewed by Susmita Chatto ; Summary: A laughter-laden epistolary novel exploring the life ...