Sense and Nonsensibility

Lawrence Douglas is a professor of law and jurisprudence at Amherst College. He is the author of several scholarly books, including Will He Go? and The Right Wrong Man. He has also authored several novels and parody books, including The Catastrophist and The Vices. His writing has appeared in Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.

Anders Henriksson, author of Non Campus Mentis Monty Python meets Immanuel Kant. Douglas and George have a delicious sense of the absurd.

• Table of ContentsIntroductionPart IBibliomaniaLiterary MergersHow to Write a Crossover BestsellerNovel AwardsHappiness: A Personal OrdealPoetry OlympiadCuring the ClassicsDear Literary Ethicist...Literary Home PagesWriter's Colony EmbedeBazaar.com"A Funerall Elegie" ReconsideredSniff This Book!Part IIAcademaniaTeaching to WinDear Academic Car Consultant...Affected Accent Summer CampDear Academic Ethicist...Saving the SATClass NotesGraduate Students AnonymousAcme Tenure, Inc.Iron ProfFurther Tips to TenureHome Shopping U.Dear Academic Therapist...The OSHA Report on AcademiaInterview with the PresidentDear Academic Therapist...(again)A Footnote to the History of the FootnotePart IIIMondomania1-800-THERAPYThe OmnistThe Philosopher Is InThe Penis OrationsTalk Bad to MeSelf-Helplessness: Some Recent TitlesThe Divine MergerIt Kant Be Done. Not So, Say Fox and WarnerAdventure SpasFreud's Phonographic Memory and the Case of the Missing Kiddush CupsCodaInterview with OurselvesAcknowledgmentsIndex