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Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
3.0

In this epistolary novel, a grumpy, tenured Literature Professor is apparently so blocked that his only creative outlet is his Letters of Recommendation for his students. They are discursive and completely mixed-up with his quixotic quests against the building renovation, the shrinking English Department budget, and a series of poor romantic choices.

He's terribly grumpy and superficially mean, but this very unreliable narrator is also funny and surprisingly kind.

It almost got a 4th star, but I held back for some reason. Your mileage may vary.

If you like reading email of literature professors who are clever writers, this is your bag.