{"product_id":"teaching-life-dale-salwak-9781587296307","title":"Teaching Life: Letters from a Life in Literature","description":"Part epistolary memoir, part handbook, \u003ci\u003eTeaching Life \u003c\/i\u003ereflects on more than three decades of teaching literature and touching the lives of students. Both a reflection on a life in literature and a primer on teaching as a vocation, this soul-stirring work also provides behind-the-scenes stories of many of the authors who have influenced Dale Salwak's career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in response to the sudden death of one of his students, who died tragically in an automobile accident on her way to Salwak's office to talk over her career plans, \u003ci\u003eTeaching Life\u003c\/i\u003e is an effort to impart lessons to the next generation of teachers: \"It was the suddenness of her death, I think, along with the utter loss of so much potential, which struck me forcibly, and I found myself wondering if anything I had said in class had made a difference in her too-short life or, for that matter, in the lives of any of my students.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns analytical, reflective, and exhortatory, \u003ci\u003eTeaching Life \u003c\/i\u003eunselfconsciously captures the fascination, enlightenment, and sheer joy that literary studies can offer professors and students. It also implicitly speaks to society's prevailing--and disturbing--prejudice against the profession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dale Salwak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1587296306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781587296307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.31w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2009 pg. 36","brand":"Dale Salwak","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088597594367,"sku":"9781587296307","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d92bf3ec-a75d-4760-aacc-9d1d73e4fb3c.jpg?v=1769105655","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/teaching-life-dale-salwak-9781587296307","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}