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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Small amount of light pencil annotations which could be erased. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> In the weeks before the English Department at Oberlin Col- lege was about to decide whether or not I would be granted tenure I was haunted by dreams of running away-of disap- pearing-yes even of dying. These dreams were not a response to fear that I would not be granted tenure. They were a response to the reality that I would be granted tenure. I was afraid that I would be trapped in the academy forever. Instead of feeling elated when I received tenure I fell into a deep life-threatening depression. Since everyone around me believed that I should be relieved thrilled proud I felt “guilty” about my “real” feelings and could not share them with any- one. The lecture circuit took me to sunny California and the New Age world of my sister’s house in Laguna Beach where I was able to chill out for a month. When I shared my feelings with my sister (she’s a therapist) she reassured me that they were entirely appropriate because she said “You never wanted (LL)