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The rise and fall of English

reconstructing English as a discipline
1998
Takes a critical look at English studies in America, discussing how English attained its place in the American educational system, diagnosing what the author sees as symptoms of an educational illness he calls hypocriticism, and offering recommendations for a reconstruction of the field of English studies as a discipline.

Dog

a short novel
2005
Jill Rosen, living in the midwest and teaching at a college has her boring life take a turn when she decides to a adopt a puppy she names Phil.

The devil went down to Austin

2002
Private investigator Tres Navarre accepts a teaching position in Austin and moves in with his computer programmer-entrepreneur brother Garrett, only to flex his detective muscles once again when Garrett's business partner is murdered.

Robert Penn Warren

a biography
1997
Biography of the author, editor, and professor looking at his education, personal and professional relationships, and examines his contribution to the American literary and intellectual community of his time.

The Bront? project

a novel of passion, desire, and good PR
2005
After her fiance leaves her, scholar Sara Frost is forced to re-examine her views on love and romance and question her life's work, searching for the lost love letters of Charlotte Bronte.

Drama high

the incredible true story of a brilliant teacher, a struggling town, and the magic of theater
2013
A biography of influential drama director Lou Volpe, chronicling his last school years working at Harry S. Truman High School in Levittown, Pennsylvania, and following a group of student actors as they work through dramas both on and off the stage.

Wit

1999
When English professor Vivian Bearing is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she is forced to reevaluate her life.

Reading Lolita in Tehran

a memoir in books
2003
The author presents a memoir of her life in post-revolutionary Iran, focusing on her organization of a group of young women in 1997 who met secretly once a week to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature.

W;t

a play
1999
Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned professor of English, comes to reassess her life and her work after she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.

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