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Ms. Mentor’s Summer Reading

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Ms. Mentor has been recommending academic novels for Chronicle readers since 2009.

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Evil Deans and the Academic Novel

By Ms. Mentor

In this summer’s fiction recommendations, faculty are taking out their frustrations on overworked and under-respected middle managers.
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Academic Novels for Real People

By Ms. Mentor

So much for the classics; time to break open the juicy academic novels.
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Reading the Classics of Academic Literature

By Ms. Mentor

Five classic texts about professors and learning for your summer reading list.
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Ms. Mentor’s Annual Guide to Academic Novels

By Ms. Mentor

Spend at least part of your summer reading about fictional campus life.
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Writing Academic Novels for Fun and (Little) Profit

By Ms. Mentor

Spend at least part of your summer reading about fictional campus life.
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Adjunct or Starving Artist?

By Ms. Mentor

Should an M.F.A. trying to make it in her field accept an adjunct teaching job or take a break from academe?
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Novel Academic Novels: the Sequel

By Ms. Mentor

Ms. Mentor offers her annual summer reading list for faculty members.
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Novel Academic Novels

By Ms. Mentor

Ms. Mentor offers her annual summer reading list for faculty members.
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Is There a Cure for the Summertime Blues?

By Ms. Mentor

Throw out the self-punishing idea that each summer must be a symphony of accomplishment.
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A Novel Form of Revenge

By Ms. Mentor

Your skills are unappreciated, your colleagues mistreat you; is it time to release your demons via an academic novel? Ms. Mentor weighs the pros and cons.