The Professor: A Sentimental Education

From one of America’s most brilliant critics and cultural commentators, Terry Castle, comes : a collection of startling, gorgeously-written autobiographical essays and a new, long-form piece about the devastation and beauty of early love. James Wolcott, contributing writer to , calls Terry Castle a “Jedi knight of literary exploration and lesbian scholarship,” and “a greatest-hits package of show-stopping monologues and offhand-genius riffs.” is a hilarious and heartbreaking exploration of gender, identity, and sexuality in the grand tradition of such feminist luminaries as Susan Sontag, Camille Paglia, and Joan Didion.