{"product_id":"the-professor-a-sentimental-education-paperback","title":"The Professor: A Sentimental Education - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerry Castle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" Terry Castle is] the most expressive, most enlightening literary critic at large today.\" --Susan Sontag \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom one of America's most brilliant critics and cultural commentators, Terry Castle, comes \u003cem\u003eThe Professor and Other Writings\u003c\/em\u003e: a collection of startling, gorgeously-written autobiographical essays and a new, long-form piece about the devastation and beauty of early love. James Wolcott, contributing writer to \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e, calls Terry Castle a \"Jedi knight of literary exploration and lesbian scholarship,\" and \u003cem\u003eThe Professor and Other Writings\u003c\/em\u003e \"a greatest-hits package of show-stopping monologues and offhand-genius riffs.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Professor and Other Writings\u003c\/em\u003e is a hilarious and heartbreaking exploration of gender, identity, and sexuality in the grand tradition of such feminist luminaries as Susan Sontag, Camille Paglia, and Joan Didion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Terry Castle, the brilliant cultural commentator whom Susan Sontag called the most expressive, most enlightening literary critic at large today, comes a long-awaited collection of captivating personal essays. The title piece at the heart of the anthology--Castle's candid, wry, and rueful retelling of her romantic involvement with a female professor during graduate school--is a pitch-perfect recollection of the fiascoes of youth. Here, also, are classic Castle short works, including Desperately Seeking Susan, a droll and bittersweet account of her friendship with Sontag; My Heroin Christmas, a darkly humorous examination of addiction, her family and stepsiblings, and the late, great saxophonist Art Pepper; and the picaresque Travels with My Mother, a rollicking tour through lesbianism, art, and the difficult yet transcendent paintings of Agnes Martin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Professor\u003c\/em\u003e is Terry Castle at her best: utterly distinctive, wise, frank, and fearless.\u003c\/p\u003e--Largehearted Boy Blog\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Terry Castle, the brilliant cultural commentator whom Susan Sontag called \"the most expressive, most enlightening literary critic at large today,\" comes a long-awaited collection of captivating personal essays. The title piece at the heart of the anthology--Castle's candid, wry, and rueful retelling of her romantic involvement with a female professor during graduate school--is a pitch-perfect recollection of the fiascoes of youth. Here, also, are classic Castle short works, including \"Desperately Seeking Susan,\" a droll and bittersweet account of her friendship with Sontag; \"My Heroin Christmas,\" a darkly humorous examination of addiction, her family and stepsiblings, and the late, great saxophonist Art Pepper; and the picaresque \"Travels with My Mother,\" a rollicking tour through lesbianism, art, and the difficult yet transcendent paintings of Agnes Martin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Professor\u003c\/em\u003e is Terry Castle at her best: utterly distinctive, wise, frank, and fearless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984009298221,"sku":"9780061670923","price":17.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/QzBOT1hCVzVKM0xXNjlDY0RmWHBvdz09.webp?v=1776081361","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-professor-a-sentimental-education-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}