false 3433049 1 This bitterly funny memoir reads like an exposé of the power structures in America's higher education system: who's got it, how they're abusing it, what everyone else is willing to do to get it, and the social cost of doing educational business this way. We follow our protagonist, Kassie, as the academic world reshapes her life, her worst secrets and most humiliating mistakes revealing deep problems of race, class, gender, and sexuality. We watch as she alienates her family by hanging her "snobbish" nose over books; as she embarks on an adulterous affair with her instructor; as she comes to terms with her racist attitudes toward her own inner-city students; and as she abandons her principles for the sake of her career. A scathing and fierce work, at once sorry and triumphant. 3474046 12 12 2008 Talking Out of School (American Literature) total:9|5:6|4:1|3:2|2:0|1:0| 9 40 20 6 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 03 10:20:12 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 10:27:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 22 20:34:38 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 20:42:25 -0800 2009
Kass Fleisher's brilliant memoir is instructive about instruction, teaching us about the ways education structures the subject. Class and gender issues are approached fearlessly and handled adroitly: insights abound. Super to assign, especially for t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 17 10:27:21 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 10:37:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 28 17:54:08 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 17:56:29 -0800 2008 Copies should be handed out to anyone who is now tottering in and out of the MLA. A scorcher.]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 26 07:15:41 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 07:09:27 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 07:15:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 10:00:29 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 10:02:12 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Nov 15 10:29:18 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 10:29:18 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:41:22 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 00:41:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 05 10:04:56 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 10:04:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 29 16:19:45 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 16:19:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 25 09:06:43 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 09:06:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 10 10:21:33 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 10:21:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 06 14:09:57 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 13:37:11 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 14:09:57 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 31 09:52:03 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 09:52:03 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 10:29:03 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 10:29:03 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Dec 04 10:36:52 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 10:36:52 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 30 07:49:55 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 07:49:55 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 24 09:14:23 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 09:14:23 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Sep 07 17:16:10 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 17:16:10 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 22:19:21 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 29 23:48:26 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 01 22:19:21 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3433049