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The author reveals disturbing trends in university culture that merit further conversation. As in all her books, Kipnis is consistently provocative and intelligent. -- Kirkus Reviews A brave, sobering, and disturbing account of the perilous state of academia. -- Booklist Laura Kipnis is everything the academic bureaucrats she writes about are not: brave, honest, judicious, mature, and self-aware...She has struck a mighty blow for sanity, equality, and academic freedom. -- William Deresiewicz, New York Times bestselling author Courageous, thought-provoking. -- Publishers Weekly

The author reveals disturbing trends in university culture that merit further conversation. As in all her books, Kipnis is consistently provocative and intelligent. -- Kirkus Reviews A brave, sobering, and disturbing account of the perilous state of academia. -- Booklist Courageous, thought-provoking. -- Publishers Weekly Laura Kipnis is everything the academic bureaucrats she writes about are not: brave, honest, judicious, mature, and self-aware...She has struck a mighty blow for sanity, equality, and academic freedom. -- William Deresiewicz, New York Times bestselling author

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Laura Kipnis is a cultural critic and a professor at Northwestern University where she teaches filmmaking. She's the author of six previous books, including Against Love: A Polemic and Men: Notes from an Ongoing Investigation. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and Yaddo, among others, and has written for Slate, Harper's, the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, and Bookforum. Her essay Sexual Paranoia Strikes Academe was included in The Best American Essays 2016, edited by Jonathan Franzen. She lives in New York and Chicago. Gabra Zackman is an actress, author, and narrator who has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards. She was educated at Northwestern University. A classically trained actress, she has appeared in theaters all over the country as well as on film and television.

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