Synopses & Reviews
Who killed Eric Davenport? A senior mathematics professor at Underhill College has been found dead in his office, the victim of murder. At Underhill, a small liberal arts college with a pricy tuition and a pampered student body, all of the students are close to their professors. But at least one loved Eric Davenport in a deeply inappropriate fashion. Some hated him. And then there is the faculty at war with itself. And the idiotic administration. And the twin boys who live next to campus. And whats with all those praying mantises?
The collective work of Sarah Lawrence writing class 3303 - R, taught by novelist Melvin Jules Bukiet, here is a send-up of contemporary campus life that is also the latest installment in an inglorious literary tradition of wacky fun. And the mayhem hasnt stopped. Soon, a student is found dead in the library, and, from the quad to the dorms, crime scenes and crises begin to multiply. A wealthy alumni donor becomes alarmed. Enter a libidinous medical examiner. Depicting rampant insecurities and raging egos, and with a cast of characters from conflicted faculty to student cliques, from hemp kids to Ugg girls and the J Crew crew, Naked Came the Post-Postmodernist takes us on a journey some may find eerily familiar. . . .
Already featured in the New York Times (“A Whodunit Committed by a Whole Classroom”), this first example of collegiate episodic experimental fiction is certain to draw wide attention on publication.
Review
The Sarah Lawrence student writers…have a great deal of potential talent, and there is an enjoyable and authentic thread of derision for all sorts of academic political correctness throughout.”
—Publishers Weekly
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"“If Jacques Derrida and Lady Gaga had a child, and if that child wrote a novel, that novel might resemble Naked Came the Post-Postmodernist. Part pop culture and part culture theory, this mind-meld of thirteen college students is vicious and cheerful, scary, provocative, and fun.”" Brian Morton, author of < i=""> Starting Out in the Evening <>
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"“Naked Came the Post-Postmodernist reveals what happens when you gather together thirteen creative Sarah Lawrence students and a fearless writing professor: murder, mayhem and a rollicking good time. Naked delivers. Read it.”
" April Reynolds, author of < i=""> Knee-Deep in Wonder <>
Synopsis
In the tradition of Naked Came the Stranger and Naked Came the Manatee, a collective parody of campus culture that is as much wicked fun as it is . . . post-postmodern.
About the Author
Sarah Lawrence College Writing Class WRIT - 3303 - R comprises the thirteen students in the 2012–13 fiction workshop taught by Melvin Jules Bukiet. They are: Sura Antolín, David Calbert, Madeline Dessanti, Elliot Goldman, Jacqui Goodman, Mattie Hagerty, Jessye Holmgren-Sidell, Kit Howland, Kelsey Joseph, Caitlin Murphy, Sasha Pezenik, Patrick Phillips, and Rebecca Shepard. Each student is the author of at least one chapter.Melvin Jules Bukiet is the author of eight books of fiction and has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers. He lives in New York City.