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Professor And Other Writings (2010)

by Terry Castle(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1848877404 (ISBN13: 9781848877405)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Tuskar Rock

review 1: Often depressing, but always crisp and tart, like a Granny Smith apple. Terry Castle has been punched by the world and gotten up again...and keeps going. I like her writing so much I ordered her book of essays on women and sex without reading reviews on here first.(!I NEVER buy without consulting GR first now) It's not so much about pain--it's just that her tone can be dreary even when she's making you laugh. She's brilliant and she makes sure you notice. I have a list of works of art I want to track down because she threw out scraps of thrilling description on her way to whatever point she made. A writer with a kinder eye to herself would be a bit easier to read, sometimes, but harder at the end. Especially in the large piece of the essay book, on her college relationshi... morep with a professor, a blithely abusive woman with a thick gray braid and a gun she keeps on the bedside table. Without Terry's cynicism about herself all through the other pieces, you would be blindsided by the things that happen in her relationship. You wouldn't understand how she could not see them on the horizon. She ties in her experiences as a lesbian in the 70s and how it affects her life now, from her love life to her travels and WWI obsession. I enjoyed the look into her head. It's a tidy place in there, with laughter, hate, love, and honesty. Always honesty.
review 2: Terry Castle is a wonderful writer. The essays in this book are cerebral yet very personal, filled with literary and cultural references, meaningful and interesting, and really funny. I really liked how she repeatedly makes fun of herself and points out her character flaws. She is very accomplished: a Stanford professor, writer, and artist, and super smart, and she presents herself as a regular person with the same neuroses as the rest of us. less

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