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57 voters
Due to Lack of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been Canceled
by
Irene Kampen
When Irene Kampen returned to the University of Wisconsin as a 45 year old undergraduate, she discovered, among other things:
*Saul Bellow wrote Herzog. Or did Herzog write Bellow?
*A magic marker was absolutely necessary (because when taking lecture notes you had to put a mark through a particularly important note so that when you were studying you would know it was a parti...more
*Saul Bellow wrote Herzog. Or did Herzog write Bellow?
*A magic marker was absolutely necessary (because when taking lecture notes you had to put a mark through a particularly important note so that when you were studying you would know it was a parti...more
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This is the story of 40-something Irene Kampen's return to the University of Wisconsin to complete the six credit hours she requires to finish her degree in journalism. Kampen left the University of Wisconsin in 1943, returing in 1968 at the height of campus radicalism. This book is a fictionalized version of her true life experiences. She has created some interesting and amusing characters and provides a gentle satire of "the generation gap" and university life in the 60s. She also deals with s...more
"I am on the way to my first be-in," I told the bartender, "so I believe I will have a very dry Martini."
"What's a be-in?" the bartender asked me.
"A be-in is where everybody gets together and Is," I told him. "Love. Creativity. Music and happy and flowers." I took the be-in handbill out of my purse and consulted it. "Also Cecil Immensetter will read aloud his visualised Found Poem of Western History," I added. I put the handbill back into my purse and said, thoughtfully, "As a matter of fact, no...more
"What's a be-in?" the bartender asked me.
"A be-in is where everybody gets together and Is," I told him. "Love. Creativity. Music and happy and flowers." I took the be-in handbill out of my purse and consulted it. "Also Cecil Immensetter will read aloud his visualised Found Poem of Western History," I added. I put the handbill back into my purse and said, thoughtfully, "As a matter of fact, no...more
Very glad that college registration and the attitude of it's administration is different than the mind-boggling nonsense Mrs. Kampen had to navigate. Very funny tale of Kampen going back to school to get the degree she left in 1943. Now in the middle of the 1960's, Kampen's college experience is quite entertaining. The snaffoos she encounters with the undeviating registrar and counselor are irritating and get tiresome (surely they would make an exception to the parental approval for off-campus l...more
Delightful tale of a 40-something woman returning to the University of Wisconsin to finish up her degree in journalism. Kampen was a comedy writer who was a co-creator of the last of Lucille Ball's series, so this book is a mix of fact & fiction. It is hilarious to see this woman integrating herself into the late 60's campus life of protests, free love, etc. Read it for fun, you can get through it in an afternoon.
One of the rare books that I found to be laugh out loud funny. Very fast read. It was a great find at a garage sale or library sale, I can't remember which but I got it second-hand. The title was just too intriguing to walk away from!
This is a seemingly true story about the author, Irene Kampen, going back to college to finish that last semester and graduate from college. It is set in 1968 and things are definitely different from when she left in 1943. After all, 1968 is the "hippie" time frame and students are in to peace and love. And it doesn't seem to matter that she is 45 in this book, she still has to abide by the unmarried students rule and has to get a letter from her mother saying she can live off campus.
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Nov 09, 2012
Thom Dunn
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3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
a-own-hardcover,
academe,
america-1940-1980,
comedy-humor,
journalism,
memoir,
counter-culture
Very hyperbolic.
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