[NEW YORK, NY] College is a wonderful place, what with all those crisp autumn afternoons and underlying sense of promise fueled by the invigorating marketplace of ideas and spirit of healthy debate over the Big Ideas. It’s downright addictive for some, and those that are passionate about learning, teaching, and earning less than $15,000 a year may find themselves on the career academic track. It’s a life of tweed blazers and stealing food from unattended cafeteria trays, and it’s all laid out in How to Succeed in Academia (While Failing at Everything Else) (ISBN: 978-1954158382) by Ross Bullen. 

How to Succeed in Academia (While Failing at Everything Else) is a satirical guide to every aspect of life in higher ed, whether it’s finishing your dissertation on time (or at least before the heat death of the universe), applying for an academic job (by summoning the ancient Mesopotamian demon Pazuzu), or overcoming imposter syndrome (even if you’re a family of raccoons living in a parka).

This humorous guidebook from The Official Dream Dinner Party Podcast host, regular McSweeney’s Internet Tendency contributor, and actual university English professor Ross Bullen delivers laugh-out-loud moments both delightfully absurd and agonizingly true, whether you’re in the classroom, the library, or working a second job at Subway to supplement your meager adjunct professor paycheck.

To request a physical review copy of How to Succeed in Academia (While Failing at Everything Else) (ISBN: 978-1954158382), or to plan an event featuring Ross Bullen, please contact Humorist Books: brian@humoristbooks.com