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Dear Committee Members is an epistolary novel written by Julie Schumacher and published in 2014. The narrative is constructed entirely through a series of letters of recommendation written by Jason T. Fitger, a deeply cynical and beleaguered professor of creative writing at a mediocre liberal arts college. Through his increasingly desperate and passive-aggressive letters, the novel exposes the petty departmental politics and administrative failures of modern academia.
The book won the Thurber Prize for American Humor and is aimed at readers of academic satire.
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How is Dear Committee Members structured?
The novel is told entirely through letters of recommendation rather than conventional chapters of narrated action. Julie Schumacher published it in 2014.
Who writes the letters in Dear Committee Members?
Jason T. Fitger, a cynical and beleaguered creative-writing professor, writes the letters. His professional recommendations repeatedly become outlets for his complaints about university life.
Which university is the setting for Dear Committee Members?
The story centers on the fictional Payne University. Its English department, funding battles, and campus bureaucracy provide the main institutional setting.
Does Dear Committee Members have a named sequel?
Yes. Schumacher followed it with The Shakespeare Requirement in 2017, which returns to Jason Fitger and Payne University.
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