Psych. But I am delighted to report that my academic monograph, KAFKA AND WITTGENSTEIN: THE CASE FOR AN ANALYTIC MODERNISM, has been enthusiastically recommended for publication at Northwestern University Press. It still has to pass acquisitions, where (for a smaller, quasi-academic project at a different press) I’ve been thwarted before, so it’s not a lock, but I am still feeling great.
After Thesis Hatement I got so many nasty attacks on my scholarship and scathing know-it-all screeds about meritocracy and sundry bullshit. Little makes me happier than to prove those people wrong in this tiny but meaningful way. I may never be in academia again, but this book will be the near-imperceptible legacy I leave. Anyone who wants to use Wittgenstein with literature in the future will inevitably come across this book–they may hate it, they may like it, but the seven years of work I did in two disciplines will be there–acquisitions willing–for anyone who wishes to see it.
Thanks to everyone who has refused to give up on me, even when I gave up on everything.
XOXO,
BEKZ
PAN KISSES KAFKA 
So proud of you, so happy for you! Congratulations – what a great way to end this year!
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Oh Rebecca! Congratulations!
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Also, you almost had me about the job market. LOL.
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I can’t tell you how happy this news makes me!!! Many, many congratulations!!
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Heartiest congratulations! The book sounds amazing! It is sort of my dream, when I’m inevitably spit out of this awful academic system, to find a way to publish my diss as a book. It’s inspiring to witness your success.
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Woohoo! Congrats! Take that haters!
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Congratulations and good luck!
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This is excellent news. Congrats³!!!
Since the thesis hatement piece, i a m very curious to learn more about that mouse and that cat in the labyrinth. I Hope your book will make itsoon.
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congrats Rebecca! Validation, vindication, closure. Good stuff! 🙂
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