Talking Out of School (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)): Memoir of an Educated Woman - Softcover

Fleisher; Kass

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564785173 ISBN 13: 9781564785176

Publisher: DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS, 2009

Synopsis

A bitterly funny memoir of life in America's higher education system, as much an account of how one woman's life has been shaped by the academic world as an exposé of the power structures and social costs hidden within. Talking Out of School is unflinchingly honest; Kass Fleisher's worst secrets and most humiliating mistakes reveal much, including the alienation of her family, an adulterous affair with her instructor and her racist attitudes towards her own inner-city students.

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Review:

Fleisher goes against the grain in her work and her thinking, doing so in richly considered, evocative, original, and provocative fashion that in every way promises to make a genuine difference in our understanding of the broadest definitions of what it means to write and learn, and to live and love, in an age of new media, global consciousness, and shifting notions of what it means to be human. --Michael Joyce, author of Was

A shockingly honest examination of the academy. Calling this book a feminist critique of higher ed would be to read the book too narrowly given the discussions of class and race. Should be required reading for everyone in academia. --Steve Tomasula, author of The Book of Portraiture

About the Author:

Kass Fleisher is an Assistant Professor in English and Creative Writing at Illinois State University and is the author of three books: the creative nonfiction work, The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History, as well as two books of innovative prose, The Adventurous and Accidental Species: A Reproduction. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including The Iowa Review, Bombay Gin, Postmodern Culture, Z Magazine, and American Book Review. Fleisher has recently completed another novel, Dead Woman Hollow, and is at work on another, This Land So Fateful.

About this edition

• Publisher: DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1564785173
• ISBN 13: 9781564785176
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 278