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Satire. Short chapters making light jokes about esteemed writers. Neo-nazis are so bothered by this little book of jokes that I bet they haven’t read. Sigh.
This book is racist and offensive and overpriced toilet paper.
Fun, lighthearted and well-written satire. Also, a great list of summaries of books I barely remember slogging through for my high school and university English classes! I laughed a lot, cringed a little (we've all met "that guy," even if that guy is not a guy at all), and had a really good time. I heartily recommend this gem to anyone who has spent some time in writing communities. You'll laugh, or at least wince in recognition, I promise.
I would explain what this book was about . . . but you wouldn't understand. I would describe how it made me feel, but ugh, that's just like, not the point. I will say that it has really inspired me, though. I mean, maybe I'll get a vintage typewriter so that I can really WRITE you know? The craft just isn't the same when you're trying to make art on a computer.
I am delighted to know this guy has made his way around. I've known him most of my life, from friends of my aunt's to new grads who worked at the cable studio my dad worked at when I was a kid. Then I got a BA in English so knew plenty of them there and now I'm in libraryland and there are plenty more here. I know this guy so well.However, as much as I grinned throughout the book, by the end, I felt it had become as overbearing as the guy it mocks.I'd recommend reading this in short bursts if yo...
This book was a great piece of satire, and the negative reviews demonstrate the timeliness of its release. The thing is- some of the books and authors mentioned have produced very enjoyable reads. However, when you seek out information about these authors, whether it's in your English Lit class or else just on Wikipedia, there is often little to no mention of what shitheads most of the authors were to the women around them. Do we separate the author from their work? For proper literary analysis,...
The only way Dana Schwartz could have made this book better is by inventing a time machine, then going back 20 years and publishing it then, thereby preventing untold instances of me making an ass out of myself in public. Of course this book is funny, but it’s also wonderfully, painfully, brutally true. Honestly, she’s absolutely correct that the Western canon is, and always was, a mess of hubris and misogyny. This book is savage and beautiful and I hope someday I’ll grow up and write as well as...
Received a copy in a giveaway. This is a tough, small niche to inhabit, making fun of pompous academic white guys. This book does a decent job, but satire is tough, and this didn't have quite enough bite for me.
Pretentious, bigoted drivel written by an entitled American girl with a victim complex.
Book 1 down for July 2019 24in48 Readathon!Much parody, very satire. (Y’all, if you don’t understand what the @guyinmyMFA twitter account is about you wont understand this book.)
Funny and satirical! Also I learned what assholes some of these authors were. So bonus.