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cover of Yellowface

“I feel like this isn’t about me”

Yellowface (2023) by R. F. Kuang

August 10, 2024 by drmllz 1 Comment

I don’t really know what I can say about this book, which I think means it’s worked? I can say that it’s blistering, and brilliant; I can say that it fits the ‘Fiasco‘ square because it’s about someone who “reached for the stars and utterly failed…a disaster created by human actions” and in this case the disaster is a person who finds herself in a nightmare of her own making, but the disaster is also the publishing industry and the surrounding discourse, and also the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: academic satire, asian american author, cbr16bingo, drmllz, fiasco, fiasco square, Fiction, friendship, R.F. Kuang, Rebecca F. Kuang, Satire, Social Themes

drmllz's CBR16 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: academic satire, asian american author, cbr16bingo, drmllz, fiasco, fiasco square, Fiction, friendship, R.F. Kuang, Rebecca F. Kuang, Satire, Social Themes ·
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How to probably not run the English Department at Payne U

The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher

July 7, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

The Shakespeare Requirement is part sequel, part novel, and part satire of the modern university system as seen from the mostly inside. This is one of those books that’s supposed to be fiction, but a lot of it realistic to the point of being a little scary. If you haven’t read the first novel featuring Jason Fitger (Dear Committee Members), you really should as it’s funny (especially if you have ever been to college or work at one) and it introduces his character. The Shakespeare […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor Tagged With: academic satire, english department, higher education, Julie Schumacher, Satire, the shakespeare requirement, university fiction

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:49 · Genres: Comedy/Humor · Tags: academic satire, english department, higher education, Julie Schumacher, Satire, the shakespeare requirement, university fiction ·
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Read Richard Russo’s Straight Man and then Have this Book for Dessert

May 4, 2015 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

I can’t remember the last epistolary novel I read though one of my claims to fame (if you can call it that) is having plowed through to the end of the unabridged edition of Clarissa in my undergraduate 18th century novel class—something I don’t recommend. That particular novel of letters resembled a phone book, so in contrast, Dear Committee Members is refreshingly brief—almost too brief. I would have happily read more. Though readers from any occupation might find this book funny, I think it will […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: academic satire, Badass Bookclub, epistolary novel

Jenny S's CBR7 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: academic satire, Badass Bookclub, epistolary novel ·
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