Sarah Montambo's review
Applicant
by Jesse Reklaw
God I HAVE to buy this!
Sarah Montambo's review
Applicant by Jesse Reklaw
Sarah Montambo's review
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This book (zine, actually) is truly unique. Reklaw (editor) was a student at an Ivy League college and was sifting through the recycling bins for tossed out magazines. He found a stack of application files from the biology department circa 1965-1970. They probably should've shredded them?!
Reklaw poured through them and couldn't help himself. He published them! This zine has photos of 40 applicants and a comment that one of their references said about them. They're hilarious and depressing simultaneously.
The guy on the cover, for example, prompted this description from a reference: "No brooding malaise or bitter rebellion in this man."
Under one girl's photo, it says, "She is female and an attractive, modest one so is bound to marry."
Reklaw poured through them and couldn't help himself. He published them! This zine has photos of 40 applicants and a comment that one of their references said about them. They're hilarious and depressing simultaneously.
The guy on the cover, for example, prompted this description from a reference: "No brooding malaise or bitter rebellion in this man."
Under one girl's photo, it says, "She is female and an attractive, modest one so is bound to marry."
God I HAVE to buy this!