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Dont Follow Me Im Lost (2009)

by Richard Rushfield(Favorite Author)

3.27 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Gotham

review 1: Extremely entertaining but not exactly transcendent. Definitely a good read for anyone who attended a small liberal arts college and lived to tell the tale. While the Hampshire experience seems a little more extreme (and implausible) than my own as presented in this book, I definitely could relate to the various factions of students who claimed open-mindedness but frequently clashed with each other.
review 2: I chose to read this book because I considered applying to Hampshire College, but instead went to Hampshire's public and West Coast equivalent, Evergreen in Olympia, WA. I started college during the same year as this author and was interested to read his perspective on going to a liberal and non-traditional college in the 80s. Clearly Rushfield chose Hamp... moreshire for the wrong reasons because he had a hard time finding his niche. As he figured out a way to acclimate to the environment, he chose to align himself with a group of post-punk radicals called The Supreme Dicks. Based on the author's portrayal of this group, it was hard to find any redeeming values or purpose to their existence. None of the members seemed at all likeable, including Rushfield.The most shocking passage of the book includes a very brief and dispassionate mention of one of The Supreme Dick's siblings who committed suicide by drinking cyanide on public access TV. I was so shocked by this information that I did an internet search to learn more since the author didn't bother to provide more details nor did it seem to phase him at all.This speaks to the core problem of this book--the author is continually distant from the reader. I understand that he is lost in the college he has chosen, but instead of building a narrative on these feelings of alientation he chooses a tone of detachment that made it impossible for me to care. less

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