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The Tao of Humiliation (American Readers Series)

Penned By Lee Upton
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The Tao of Humiliation (American Readers Series)

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Alternately chilling, funny, devastating, and hopeful, these seventeen stories introduce us to a theater critic who winds up in a hot tub with the actress he routinely savages in reviews; a biographer who struggles to discover why a novelist stopped writing; a student who contends with her predatory professor; and the startling scenario of the last satyr meeting his last woman.Writer-in-residence and a professor of English at Lafayette College, Lee Upton is author of twelve books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Released April 21, 2014
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Lee Upton is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Lee Upton can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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